Novel transitional zone index allows more accurate differentiation between idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract and aortic sinus cusp ventricular arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-356

  Yoshida, Naoki ^a   Inden, Yasuya ^a   Uchikawa, Tomohiro ^a   Kamiya, Hiromi ^a   Kitamura, Kazuhisa ^a   Shimano, Masayuki ^a   Tsuji, Yukiomi ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic sinus cusp; Cardiac rotation; Premature ventricular contraction; Right ventricular outflow tract; Transitional zone; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ROTATION CORRECTED TRANSITIONAL ZONE INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS OF VALSALVA; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79952180764     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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