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Wide Complex Tachycardia
Author(s):
John B Garner
,
John M Miller
Added:
3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Demosthenes G Katritsis
,
Josep Brugada
Added:
3 years ago
The term narrow QRS tachycardia indicates individuals with a QRS duration ≤120 ms, while wide QRS tachycardia refers to tachycardia with a QRS duration >120 ms.1 Narrow QRS complexes are due to rapid activation of the ventricles via the His–Purkinje system, suggesting that the origin of the arrhythmia is above or within the His bundle. However, early activation of the His bundle can also occur…
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Author(s):
John M Miller
Added:
3 years ago
The Electrocardiogram
In the entire realm of his work, Dr Josephson’s greatest love was the simple electrocardiogram (ECG). His discernment, based on the ECG, into the patient’s history and disease processes was legendary. Among the more important and insightful contributions he made to our understanding of heart disease and arrhythmias from the ECG are: observations of alternating preexcitation…
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Author(s):
Mathieu Lebloa
,
Patrizio Pascale
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1 year ago
Author(s):
Carina Blomström-Lundqvist
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Tatjana S Potpara
,
Helena Malmborg
Added:
3 years ago
With the advent of successful surgical repairs and modern diagnostic techniques, an increasing number of patients with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood. Despite these improvements, the surgical corrective atrial incisions performed during childhood lead to subsequent myocardial scarring that have the inherent risk of harbouring substrates for macro-reentrant atrial tachycardias …
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