Angiographic and electrophysiological substrates for ventricular tachycardia mapping through the coronary veins

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-63

  De Paola, Angelo A V ^a,b   Melo, Wesley D S ^a   Távora, Maria Z P ^a   Martinez, Eulogio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac mapping; Coronary angiography; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0031970539     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.1.59     Document Type: Article

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