Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia from the anterobasal left ventricle

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-225

  Kondo, Kazuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Kojima, Toshiaki ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Yanagawa, Shin ^a   Sugimura, Hidezou ^a   Shindo, Atsushi ^a   Oshikawa, Naohiro ^a   Masaki, Riko ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Ozawa, Yukio ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary sinus; Intracardiac mapping; Left ventricular outflow tract; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

EID: 0034109443     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.41.215     Document Type: Article

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