PURPOSE--To evaluate by the signal averaged-ECG (SAECG) the initial portion of the activation of the sustained ventricular tachycardia (SVT) and monomorphic repetitive ventricular tachycardia (MRVT), correlating the findings with those obtained during sinus rhythm (SR). METHODS--Ten patients was studied;...
Two patients with chronic valvular heart disease and myocardial infarction were assisted at our hospital. Both of them were febrile and only one had petechiae associated with signs of valvular involvement led to suspicion of infective endocarditis. Although blood cultures were negative, echocardiographic...
PURPOSE--To analyze the characteristics of atrial (A) and ventricular (V) electrograms, AV and VA intervals relation to determine a precise radiofrequency ablation site. METHODS--A and V electrograms (EG) recorded at successful (group 1) and unsuccessful (group 2) sites in 22 patients submitted to RF cat...
PURPOSE--To assess the relationship between late potentials and spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias, organic heart disease, inducibility of arrhythmias at electrophysiological study and ejection fraction. METHODS--The population is comprised by 52 patients (41 men, 11 women with mean age 50 +/- 16 years)...
PURPOSE--To analyze myocardial abnormalities in patients of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with clinical and pathological correlation. METHODS--We selected 50 cases, retrospectively, age ranged from 3 months to 40 years, all of them had myocardial changes and the data of clinical records fulfilled ou...
PURPOSE--To evaluate retrospectively clinical features of repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (RMVT). METHODS--Files of 11 patients with RMVT were analyzed (9 females, mean-age 37 +/- 17 years). All patients were submitted to clinical evaluation, ECG, Holter monitoring stress test, high-resolu...
Säo aquelas originadas e mantidas por estruturas localizadas acima da bifurcaçäo do feixe de His. Os complexos QRS apresentam duraçäo de 0,11s ou menos. Podem se originar no nódulo sinusal (taquicardia sinusal secundária a hiperautomatismo ou reentrada); nos átrios (taquicardia atrial automática...
