Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation from the supravalvular region of the aortic valve in a patient with outflow tract ventricular tachycardia

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 459-463

  Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a   Yamauchi, Yasuteru ^a   Oh, Jung Cha ^a   Harada, Tomoo ^a   Kano, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Isshi ^a   Korenaga, Masayoshi ^a   Igawa, Masayuki ^b   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Iesaka, Yoshito ^b   Hiroe, Michiaki ^b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^b  

^a YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic cusp; Catheter ablation; Outflow tract ventricular tachycardia; Subepicardial region

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; R WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0346107227     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.459     Document Type: Article

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