Electrocardiographic determinants of the polymorphic QRS morphology in idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-526

  Igarashi, Miyako ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Kurosaki, Kenji ^b   Yamasaki, Hiro ^a   Akiyama, Daiki ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Kuroki, Kenji ^a   MacHino, Takeshi ^a   Murakoshi, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakata, Yoshio ^a   Kuga, Keisuke ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; coupling interval; idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract; polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; prematurity index; sudden death; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84860838676     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02232.x     Document Type: Article

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