Catheter mapping and ablation of ventricular tachycardia

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Ganz, Leonard I ^a,b   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW;

BUNDLE OF HIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROSURGERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030003910     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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