Dynamicity of the J-wave in idiopathic ventricular fibrillation with a special reference to pause-dependent augmentation of the J-wave

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1948-1953

  Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Sato, Akinori ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Chinushi, Masaomi ^a   Furushima, Hiroshi ^a   Horie, Minoru ^b   Kaneko, Yoshiaki ^c   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^d   Okubo, Kimie ^e   Watanabe, Ichiro ^e   Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi ^f   Aizawa, Yoshiyasu ^g   Fukuda, Keiichi ^g   Joo, Kunitake ^h   Haissaguerre, Michel ⁱ  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; J Wave; pause dependency

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; J WAVE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISOPROTERENOL; JAPAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84861490012     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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