Effects of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on the Arrhythmic Substrate in a Patient with Long QT and Torsades de pointes

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-337

  Ikutomi, Masayasu ^a,b   Matsusita, Masashiro ^a   Arashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Watari, Yuji ^a   Endo, Goro ^a   Yamaguchi, Jun Ichi ^a   Yamasaki, Masao ^a   Ohnishi, Satoshi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Epicardial pacing; Long QT; QT dispersion; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897633479     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4020/jhrs.27.332     Document Type: Article

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