Onset heart rate and microvolt T-wave alternans during atrial pacing

Authors
Tanno, K Kobayashi, Y Adachi, T Ryu, S Asano, T Obara, C Baba, T Katagiri, T
Citation
K. Tanno et al., Onset heart rate and microvolt T-wave alternans during atrial pacing, AM J CARD, 86(8), 2000, pp. 877
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(20001015)86:8<877:OHRAMT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Microvolt T-wave alternans (TWA) was measured in 200 patients to evaluate t he influence of heart rate on TWA induced by atrial pacing. TWA onset heart rate in patients with organic heart disease (OHD) and sustained ventricula r tachyarrhythmias (VTs) was significantly lower than that in patients with OHD without sustained VT or in patients without OHD or VT.