Long-term clinical outcome of patients with prior myocardial infarction after palliative radiofrequency catheter ablation for frequent ventricular tachycardia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 975-979

  O'Callaghan, Peter A ^a   Poloniecki, Jan ^a   Sosa Suarez, Guillermo ^b   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^c   McGovern, Brian A ^c   Garan, Hasan ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St Peter's Hospital Albany   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035871472     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01432-1     Document Type: Article

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