Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by nonsurgical epicardial mapping in chronic chagasic heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 128-130

  Sosa, Eduardo ^a   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^a   D'Avila, André ^a   Bellotti, Giovanni ^a   Pilleggi, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac mapping; Chagas' disease; Epicardium; Radiofrequency oblation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032951968     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00311.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Sosa E, Scanavacca M, d'Avila A, et al. A new technique to perform epicardial mapping in the electrophysiology laboratory. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1996; 7:31-36.
2. Sosa E, Scalabrini A, Rati M, et al. Successful catheter ablation of the "origin" of recurrent ventricular tachycardia in chronic chagasic heart disease. J Electrophysiol 1987; 1:58-61.
3. de Paola AAV, Tavora MZP, Silva RMFL, et al. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (abstract). PACE 1996; 19:511.