The efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia associated with cardiomyopathy

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Sato, Minoru ^a,b   Sakurai, Masayuki ^a   Yotsukura, Akihiko ^a   Betsuyaku, Tetsuo ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^a   Yoshida, Izumi ^a   Kitabatake, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Concealed entrainment; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031038742     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.61.55     Document Type: Article

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