Anterior mitral valve length is associated with ventricular tachycardia in patients with classical mitral valve prolapse

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1224-1230

  Akcay, Murat ^a   Yuce, Murat ^b   Pala, Selcuk ^c   Akcakoyun, Mustafa ^c   Ergelen, Mehmet ^d   Kargin, Ramazan ^c   Emiroglu, Yunus ^c   Ozdemir, Nihal ^c   Kaymaz, Cihangir ^c   Ozkan, Mehmet ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c stanbul Ko uyolu Yüksek htisas Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

anterior mitral valve length; heart rate variability; mitral valve prolapse; QT dispersion; transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; QT DISPERSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 77957359927     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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