Are wide complex tachycardia algorithms applicable in children and patients with congenital heart disease?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 694-700

  Ceresnak, Scott R ^a   Liberman, Leo ^b   Avasarala, Kishor ^c   Tanel, Ronn ^d   Motonaga, Kara S ^e   Dubin, Anne M ^e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Children; Congenital heart disease; Supraventricular tachycardia with aberration; Ventricular tachycardia; Wide complex tachycardia algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BRUGADA ALGORITHM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VERECKEI ALGORITHM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049458160     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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