Exploring postinfarction reentrant ventricular tachycardia with entrainment mapping

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1180-1189

  Stevenson, William G ^a   Friedman, Peter L ^a   Sager, Philip T ^b   Saxon, Leslie A ^c   Kocovic, Dusan ^d   Harada, Tomoo ^a   Wiener, Isaac ^b   Khan, Hafiza ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030996165     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00065-X     Document Type: Review

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