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ReviewArrhythmia & electrophysiology review2021

Electrocardiographic Criteria for Differentiating Left from Right Idiopathic Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmias.

Marco V Mariani, Agostino Piro, Domenico G Della Rocca, Giovanni B Forleo, Naga Venkata Pothineni, Jorge Romero, Luigi Di Biase, Francesco Fedele, Carlo Lavalle

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Review in Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Management of Idiopathic Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmias.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2026
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  8. The scar: the wind in the perfect storm-insights into the mysterious living tissue originating ventricular arrhythmias.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Marco V MarianiDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Agostino PiroDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Domenico G Della RoccaTexas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, US.
Giovanni B ForleoDepartment of Cardiology, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Naga Venkata PothineniDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.
Jorge RomeroDepartment of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, US.
Luigi Di BiaseDepartment of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, US.
Francesco FedeleDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Carlo LavalleDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITInstitute of Cardiology · PLLuigi Sacco Hospital · ITMontefiore Medical Center · USPhiladelphia University · USTexas Cardiac Arrhythmia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias are ventricular tachycardias or premature ventricular contractions presumably not related to myocardial scar or disorders of ion channels. Of the ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) without underlying structural heart disease, those arising from the ventricular outflow tracts (OTs) are the most common. The right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) is the most common site of origin for OT-VAs, but these arrhythmias can, less frequently, originate from the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). OT-VAs are focal and have characteristic ECG features based on their anatomical origin. Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is an effective and safe treatment strategy for OT-VAs. Prediction of the OT-VA origin according to ECG features is an essential part of the preprocedural planning for RFCA procedures. Several ECG criteria have been proposed for differentiating OT site of origin. Unfortunately, the ECG features of RVOT-VAs and LVOT-VAs are similar and could possibly lead to misdiagnosis. The authors review the ECG criteria used in clinical practice to differentiate RVOT-VAs from LVOT-VAs.

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catheter ablationelectrocardiogramIdiopathic ventricular arrhythmiaventricular outflow tract

Identifiers

PMID33936738
PMCPMC8076969
OpenAlexW3159839769

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