New perspectives on catheter-based ablation of ventricular tachycardia complicating Chagas' disease: Experimental evidence of the efficacy of near infrared lasers for catheter ablation of Chagas' VT

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-38

  d'Avila, André ^a   Splinter, Robert ^b,c   Svenson, Robert H ^b,c,d,e   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^a   Pruitt, Ernest ^f   Kasell, Jackie ^b   Sosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d Sanger Clinic   (United States)

^e Carolinas Heart Institute   (United States)

^f Lightwave Ablation Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Chagas' disease; Light energy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036704476     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020811915133     Document Type: Article

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