Intracardiac electrogram T-wave alternans/variability increases before spontaneous ventricular tachyarrhythmias in implantable cardioverter- defibrillator patients: A prospective, multi-center study

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1052-1060

  Swerdlow, Charles ^a   Chow, Theodore ^b   Das, Mithilesh ^c   Gillis, Anne M ^d   Zhou, Xiaohong ^e   Abeyratne, Athula ^e   Ghanem, Raja N ^e  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ohio Heart and Vascular Center   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; T wave alternans; tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T WAVE; T WAVE ALTERANS VARIABILITY; T WAVE NONALTERANS VARIABILITY;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79953066360     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.986364     Document Type: Article

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