Gated blood-pool SPECT evaluation of changes after radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory pathways: Evidence for persistent ventricular preexcitation despite successful therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1839-1846

  Chevalier, Philippe ^a   Bontemps, Laurence ^b   Fatemi, Marjaneh ^a   Velon, Stephane ^a   Bonnefoy, Eric ^a   Kirkorian, Gilbert ^a   Itti, Roland ^b   Touboul, Paul ^a,b  

^a Service de Cardiologie   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0033571428     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00425-8     Document Type: Article

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