Reversed polarity of bipolar electrograms for predicting a successful ablation site in focal idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 665-671

  Van Huls Van Taxis, Carine F B ^a   Wijnmaalen, Adrianus P ^a   Den Uijl, Dennis W ^a   Gawrysiak, Marcin ^a   Putter, Hein ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Zeppenfeld, K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias; Reversed polarity; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79955394572     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.049     Document Type: Article

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