Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 363-372

  Morady, Fred ^a   Harvey, Mark ^a   Kalbfleisch, Steven J ^a   El Atassi, Rafel ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Langberg, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Radiofrequency ablation; Tachycardia, ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027395909     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.87.2.363     Document Type: Article

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