The heart rate of ventricular tachycardia following an old myocardial infarction is inversely related to the size of scarring

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 864-868

  Woie, Leik ^a   Eftestøl, Trygve ^b   Engan, Kjersti ^b   Kvaløy, Jan Terje ^b   Nilsen, Dennis W T ^a,c   Ørn, Stein ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance; Myocardial scar; Rate of ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CICATRIX; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957888927     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq466     Document Type: Article

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