Evidence that nonsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia causes syncope (data from implantable cardioverter defibrillators)

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Mar 1;91(5):606-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)03319-2.

Authors

D Michael Farmer¹, Craig A Swygman, Paul J Wang, N A Mark Estes 3rd, Mark S Link

Affiliation

¹ The New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 12615273
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)03319-2

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Defibrillators, Implantable
Electrocardiography*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Long QT Syndrome / diagnosis
Long QT Syndrome / epidemiology
Long QT Syndrome / therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Survival Rate
Syncope / diagnosis
Syncope / epidemiology*
Syncope / therapy
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / epidemiology*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Ventricular Fibrillation / epidemiology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy