PMID- 10228391
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990831
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 0047-1860 (Print)
IS  - 0047-1860 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 3
DP  - 1999 Mar
TI  - [Recent progress in electrocardiography].
PG  - 255-61
AB  - Recent advances in electrocardiography (ECG) have revealed new and useful 
      information concerning the electrophysiologic properties of the normal and 
      diseased heart. 1) Evaluation of the frequency of ventricular premature 
      contractions (VPCs) as a function of underlying heart rate with Holter ECG 
      recordings is a useful approach to elucidate the mechanisms of ventricular 
      arrhythmias and to predict the response of ventricular arrhythmias to 
      antiarrhythmic agents. 2) Decreased heart rate variability, presence of late 
      potential, prolonged QT interval, increased QT interval dispersion, and T wave 
      alternans indicate lethal ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. 
      3) The multiple reentrant wave hypothesis has been widely accepted for the 
      mechanism of atrial fibrillation (AF). Recently, spontaneous initiation of AF by 
      ectopic beats originating from the superior vena cava and the pulmonary veins has 
      been reported. Radiofrequency ablation of the focal source of AF completely 
      prevented the recurrence of AF.
FAU - Ito, M
AU  - Ito M
AD  - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Oita Medical University.
LA  - jpn
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Japan
TA  - Rinsho Byori
JT  - Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology
JID - 2984781R
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arrhythmias, Cardiac/*diagnosis/etiology
MH  - Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology
MH  - *Electrocardiography
MH  - Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
MH  - Humans
RF  - 37
EDAT- 1999/05/06 00:00
MHDA- 1999/05/06 00:01
CRDT- 1999/05/06 00:00
PHST- 1999/05/06 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/05/06 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/05/06 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rinsho Byori. 1999 Mar;47(3):255-61.