The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

Ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and mortality and come in a
variety of forms, from single premature ventricular complexes to sustained ventricular …

Pacemaker treatment for bradyarrhythmia was first approved for national health insurance
coverage in Japan in 1974, and its use rapidly became widespread thereafter …

A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

Fully revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, Dr. Josephson's classic text provides a
thorough understanding of the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and the therapeutic …

Catheter ablation is now an important option to control recurrent ventricular tachycardias
(VTs). The field has evolved rapidly and is a work in progress. Ablation is often a sole …

Objectives: We sought to investigate the electrocardiographic (ECG) characteristics for
guiding catheter ablation in patients with repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia …

Objectives: We sought to develop electrocardiography (ECG) criteria for distinguishing left
ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) from right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) origin in patients …

Background—The summit of the left ventricle (LV) is the most superior portion of the
epicardial LV bounded by an arc from the left anterior descending coronary artery, superior …

Background—Despite the success of catheter ablation for treatment of idiopathic ventricular
tachycardia (VT), occasional patients have been reported in whom VT could not be ablated …