Using the surface electrocardiogram to localize the origin of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1516-1527

  Park, Kyoung Min ^a,b   Kim, You Ho ^c   Marchlinski, Francis E ^b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation; electrocardiogram; electrophysiology clinical; VT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA SINUS; CATHETER ABLATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PURKINJE FIBER; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX DEFORMITY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84870871435     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03488.x     Document Type: Review

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