Surgery for ventricular tachycardia of left ventricular origin: Risk factors for success and long-term outcome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 762-770

  Von Oppell, Ulrich Otto ^a   Milne, Dave ^b   Okreglicki, Andrzej ^c   Scott Millar, Robert Norman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b Vincent Pallotti Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cryoablation; Endocardial resection; Surgery; Treatment; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036842919     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00487-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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