Comparison of effective and ineffective target sites that demonstrate concealed entrainment in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-190

  Bogun, Frank ^a   Bahu, Marwan ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Weiss, Raul ^a   Paladino, Walter ^a   Harvey, Mark ^a   Goyal, Rajiva ^a   Daoud, Emile ^a   Man, K Ching ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; mapping; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16944364215     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.1.183     Document Type: Article

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