Surgical management of ventricular tachycardia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1589-1591

  Shumway, Sara J ^a   Johnson, Eric M ^a   Svendsen, Charles A ^a   Kriett, Jolene M ^a   Ring, W Steves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYOSURGERY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030762069     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00358-5     Document Type: Article

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