Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by intracardiac echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-40

  Jongbloed, M R M ^a   Bax, J J ^a   van der Burg, A E Borger ^a   Van der Wall, E E ^a   Schalij, M J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intracardiac echocardiography; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; SHU 508; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 1242342264     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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