The V2 transition ratio: A new electrocardiographic criterion for distinguishing left from right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia origin

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2255-2262

  Betensky, Brian P ^a   Park, Robert E ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Hutchinson, Matthew D ^a   Garcia, Fermin C ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Lin, David ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; outflow tract; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC OUTFLOW TRACT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; V 2 TRANSITION RATIO;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79957536326     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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