Radiofrequency ablation of sustained ventricular tachycardia related to the mitral isthmus in Chagas' disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 368-371

  Scanavacca, Mauricio ^a,b   Sosa, Eduardo ^a   D'Ávila, André ^a   Higuchi, Maria De Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto do Cora ão Divisão Clínica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas heart disease; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Sustained ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036215376     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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