Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary heart disease part II: Clinical aspects, limitations, and recent developments

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9 I, 2001, Pages 1403-1411

  Delacrétaz, Etienne ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034833283     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01403.x     Document Type: Review

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