A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the virtual unipolar electrograms from non-contact mapping of right or left-sided outflow tract premature ventricular contractions/ventricular tachycardia origins

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Ohkubo, Kimie ^a   Kofune, Tatsuya ^a   Ashino, Sonoko ^a   Kofune, Masayoshi ^a   Nagashima, Koichi ^a   Hiro, Takafumi ^a   Hirata, Akio ^a,b   Nikaido, Mizuki ^a,c   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earliest activation; Non contact mapping; Virtual unipolar electrogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 79952008321     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9522-4     Document Type: Article

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