Relationship of slow conduction detected by pace-mapping to ventricular tachycardia re-entry circuit sites after infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 802-809

  Brunckhorst, Corinna B ^a   Stevenson, William G ^b   Soejima, Kyoko ^b   Maisel, William H ^b   Delacretaz, Etienne ^c   Friedman, Peter L ^b   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037420096     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02932-7     Document Type: Article

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