Successful catheter ablation in a patient with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 682-685

  Kusano, Kengo Fukushima ^a   Yamamoto, Mika ^a   Emori, Tetsuro ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034123818     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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