Ventricular tachycardia: Pathophysiology and radiofrequency catheter ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2 II, 1997, Pages 534-551

  Simons, Grant R ^a   Klein, George J ^c   Natale, Andrea ^a,b,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; pharmacological therapy; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0031059070     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06209.x     Document Type: Article

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