Successful treatment of idiopathic left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia by catheter ablation or minimally invasive surgical cryoablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 870-876

  Frey, Bernhard ^a   Kreiner, Gerhard ^a   Fritsch, Stefan ^b   Veit, Franz ^b   Gössinger, Heinz D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia; Left ventricular ouflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034031301     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00857.x     Document Type: Article

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