Recognition of far-field electrograms during entrainment mapping of ventricular tachycardia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-115

  Tung, Stanley ^a   Soejima, Kyoko ^a   Maisel, William H ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Epstein, Laurence ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037868104     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00563-1     Document Type: Article

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