Rapid-rate Non-sustained Ventricular Tachycardias Documentation
in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Predicts the Occurrence of
Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Wei-Chieh Lee, MDa,b,c, Watanabe Masaya, MD,
PhDa, Hisashi Yokoshiki, MD, PhDa,d,
Taro Temma, MD, PhDa, Rui Kamada, MD,
PhDa, Masayuki Takahashi, MD,
PhDa,e, Hikaru Hagiwara, MD, PhDa,
Yumi Takahashi, MDa, Toshihisa Anzai, MD,
PhDa
aDepartment of Cardiovascular medicine, Hokkaido
University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
bDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal
Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University
College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
cInstitute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine,
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
dDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sapporo City
General Hospital, Japan
eDepartment of cardiovascular medicine, National
Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan
Address for correspondence:
M. Watanabe, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate
School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
North15, West7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
Tel: +81-11-706-6973
Fax: +81-11-706-7874
E-mail: m.watanabe@huhp.hokudai.ac.jp
Running title: Rapid-rate non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
and dilated cardiomyopathy
Keywords: Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia; Dilated
cardiomyopathy; Recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmia; A cluster NSVT; A
frequent NSVT