QRS characteristics fail to reliably identify ventricular tachycardias that require epicardial ablation in ischemic heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-193

  Martinek, Martin ^a,b   Stevenson, William G ^a,c   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Tedrow, Usha B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; electrocardiogram; epicardial VT; ischemic cardiomyopathy; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DRONEDARONE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84857033745     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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