Preferential locations for critical reentry circuit sites causing ventricular tachycardia after inferior wall myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-370

  Hadjis, Tomy A ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a,c   Harada, Tomoo ^a   Friedman, Peter L ^a   Sager, Philip ^b   Saxon, Leslie A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

inferior wall myocardial infarction; reentry circuits; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BRETYLIUM; PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0030934829     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00801.x     Document Type: Article

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