Surgery for postinfarction ventricular tachycardia: Is it obsolete?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1295-1301

  Krishnan, Subramaniam C ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033844929     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00948.x     Document Type: Review

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