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Fig. 1 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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From: Hemodynamic deterioration precedes onset of ventricular tachyarrhythmia after Heartmate II implantation

Fig. 1

Initiation characteristics of postoperative VT. Upper panel: examples of the four different VT-onset modes with different preceding rhythms. Lower panel: characteristics of rhythm preceding postoperative VT. See text for detailed explanation. SO = sudden onset, VPB = ventricular premature beat, VC/R = ventricular couplet/run, SR = sinus rhythm, SLS = short-long-short sequence, PI = prematurity index

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