Ventricular tachycardia originating from the posteroseptal process of the left ventricle with inferior wall healed myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Lacroix, Dominique ^a   Klug, Didier ^a   Grandmougin, Daniel ^a   Jarwe, Mustapha ^a   Kouakam, Claude ^a   Kacet, Salem ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032780269     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00231-3     Document Type: Article

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