Ventricular tachycardia catheter ablation in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: A 16-year experience

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 498-506

  Fontaine, Guy ^a   Tonet, Joelci ^a   Gallais, Yves ^a   Lascault, Gilles ^a   Hidden Lucet, Françoise ^a   Aouate, Philip ^a   Halimi, Franck ^a   Poulain, François ^a   Johnson, Nicolas ^a   Charfeddine, Hanène ^a   Frank, Robert ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034320523     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-000-0034-1     Document Type: Article

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