The onset mechanisms of ventricular tachycardia

ULUS T., Kudaiberdieva G., GÖRENEK B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.167, sa.3, ss.619-623, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 167 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.034
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.619-623
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ventricular tachycardia, Ventricular ectopy, Arrhythmia mechanisms, Initiation pattern, TORSADE-DE-POINTES, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, INITIATION PATTERN, ARRHYTHMIAS, TACHYARRHYTHMIAS, DEFIBRILLATOR, MODE, FIBRILLATION, SEQUENCES, ELECTROGRAMS
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Clinical and electrophysiological features of different initiation patterns of ventricular tachycardia (VT) have been widely studied. At least two different onset patterns of VT have been defined in the studies. Tachycardias, which are preceded by either a single or multiple ventricular ectopic activity, including a short-long-short sequence, are defined as nonsudden onset and those, which are not preceded by ventricular ectopy are defined as sudden onset. The knowledge of initiation pattern of VTs may have some clinical importance and can be essential for the selection of treatment strategies. The use of Holter electrocardiograms and analysis of intracardiac electrograms from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators enables to evaluate the initiation patterns of VTs. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.