Surgical treatment of tachyarrhythmias due to postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm with endoaneurysmorrhaphy and cryoablation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 771-776

  Wellens, Francis ^a   Geelen, Peter ^a   Demirsoy, Ergun ^b   Van Praet, Frank ^a   De Geest, Raphael ^a   Degrieck, Ivan ^a   Vanermen, Hugo ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Left ventricular aneurysm; Myocardial infarction; Sudden death; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYOABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOANEURYSMORRHAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036844667     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00371-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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