Sinus rhythm ECG criteria associated with basal-lateral ventricular tachycardia substrate in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1351-1358

  Tzou, Wendy S ^a   Zado, Erica S ^a   Lin, David ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Garcia, Fermin ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Deo, Rajat ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

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

Author keywords

catheter ablation; electrocardiogram; mapping; nonischemic cardiomyopathy; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SCAR; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 83655163898     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02129.x     Document Type: Article

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