Development and Validation of an ECG Algorithm for Identifying the Optimal Ablation Site for Idiopathic Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1280-1286

  Ito, Sachiko ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^b   Naito, Shigeto ^b   Kurosaki, Kenji ^b   Ueda, Marehiko ^b   Hoshizaki, Hiroshi ^b   Miyamori, Isamu ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^b   Taniguchi, Koichi ^b   Nogami, Akihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Catheter ablation; Electrocardiogram; Premature ventricular contraction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT TACHYCARDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 9144238765     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03211.x     Document Type: Article

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