Right ventricular radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1727-1731

  Menz, Volker ^a   Duthinh, Vuong ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a   Gottlieb, Charles D ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,b  

^a PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030740201     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03549.x     Document Type: Article

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