Successful radiofrequency ablation of atypical left ventricular outflow tachycardia guided by epicardial activation signals

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-99

  Shah, M J ^a,b   Radhakrishnan, N ^a   Ravikumar, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocardial; Epicardial; Inferior axis deviation; Left coronary cusp; Left main coronary artery; RF ablation; Right bundle branch block; Subepicardial

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCHOOL CHILD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036370544     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-001-0025-z     Document Type: Article

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