title: Electrocardiographic predictors of successful ablation of tachycardia or bigeminy arising in the right ventricular outflow tract.
abstract: Among various electrocardiographic variables, the QRS duration in V2 was found to be the best discriminator of outcome in patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation of the right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia and/or bigeminy. If the QRS duration is <160 ms in lead V2, the probability of successful ablation is lower than if the QRS duration is longer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0022, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Flemming
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oral
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Strickberger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morady
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*