Electrophysiological characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in cardiac sarcoidosis versus arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-164

  Dechering, Dirk G ^a   Kochhäuser, Simon ^a   Wasmer, Kristina ^a   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Pott, Christian ^a   Köbe, Julia ^a   Spieker, Tilmann ^b   Piers, Sebastiaan R D ^c   Bittner, Alex ^a,d   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Wichter, Thomas ^a,e   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^c   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; ARVC; ARVD; Cardiac sarcoidosis; Diagnosis; Mapping; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873725171     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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