EDITORIAL

Idiopathic ventricular outflow tract tachycardia

A Farzaneh-Far, B B Lerman

Department of Medicine, The Maurice & Corinne Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, USA

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Bruce B Lerman
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cornell University Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Starr 409, New York, NY 10021, USA; blerman{at}med.cornell.edu

Although the pathogenesis of ventricular outflow tract tachycardia has not been fully elucidated, recent findings suggest that defects in cAMP signalling may be involved

Abbreviations: ARVD, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate; DAD, delayed afterdepolarisation; GTP, guanosine triphosphate; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract; VT, ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Keywords: adenosine; triggered activity; ventricular tachycardia

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