Identification and Ablation of Three Types of Ventricular Tachycardia Involving the His-Purkinje System in Patients with Heart Disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-58

  Lopera, Gustavo ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Soejima, Kyoko ^a   Maisel, William H ^a   Koplan, Bruce ^a   Sapp, John L ^a   Satti, S Dinakar ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; His Purkinje system; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE OF HIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742272644     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03189.x     Document Type: Article

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