Endocardial activation mapping of ventricular tachycardia in patients: First application of a 32-site bipolar Mapping electrode catheter

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2168-2179

  Schalij, Martin J ^a   Van Rugge, F Paul ^a   Siezenga, Machiel ^a   Van Der Velde, Enno T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heart diseases; Ischemia; Mapping; Reentry; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISORIENTATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0032542049     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.20.2168     Document Type: Article

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