Ablation of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia guided by isolated diastolic potentials

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-380

  Strohmer, Bernhard ^a   Hwang, Chun ^b,c  

^a Landeskliniken Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

^b UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Central Utah Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Isolated diastolic potentials; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CYCLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0242382790     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1099-5129(03)00091-6     Document Type: Article

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