Surgical treatment of ventricular tachycardia: Indications and results

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 89, Issue SPEC. ISSUE I, 1996, Pages 115-121

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^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Intraoperative mapping; Life threatening ventricular arrhythmias; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0029918375     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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