Electrically unexcitable scar mapping based on pacing threshold for identification of the reentry circuit isthmus: Feasibility for guiding ventricular tachycardia ablation

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1678-1683

  Soejima, Kyoko ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Maisel, William H ^a   Sapp, John L ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Tachycardia; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0037167690     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000030187.39852.A7     Document Type: Article

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