Pleomorphism during ventricular tachycardia: A distinguishing feature between cardiac sarcoidosis and idiopathic VT

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 694-699

  Panda, Subhanarayan ^a   Kaur, Daljeet ^a   Lalukota, Krishnamohan ^a   Sundar, Gomathi ^a   Pavri, Behzad B ^b   Narasimhan, Calambur ^a  

^a CARE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; Cycle length; Idiopathic; Pleomorphic; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; STEROID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL SCAR; MYOCARDITIS; PLEOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; QRS INTERVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA CYCLE LENGTH; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA CYCLE LENGTH VARIATION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930377463     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12626     Document Type: Article

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