Short-term results of substrate mapping and radiofrequency ablation of ischemic ventricular tachycardia using a saline-irrigated catheter

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2228-2236

  Reddy, Vivek Y ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^b   Taborsky, Milos ^b   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038647798     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00492-3     Document Type: Article

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