Impact of changing activation sequence on bipolar electrogram amplitude for voltage mapping of left ventricular infarcts causing ventricular tachycardia

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-141

  Brunckhorst, Corinna B ^a   Delacretaz, Etienne ^b   Soejima, Kyoko ^c   Maisel, William H ^c   Friedman, Peter L ^c   Stevenson, William G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Direction of wavefront propagation; Electrogram voltage; Myocardial infarction; Reentry; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 15244342007     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-6549-z     Document Type: Article

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