Short- and long-term success of substrate-based mapping and ablation of ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3209-3216

  Verma, Atul ^a   Kilicaslan, Fethi ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Tomassoni, Gery ^b   Rossillo, Antonio ^c   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Ozduran, Volkan ^a   Wazni, Oussama M ^a   Elayi, Samy C ^a   Saenz, Luis C ^a   Minor, Stephen ^a   Cummings, Jennifer E ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Hao, Steven ^d   Beheiry, Salwa ^d   Tchou, Patrick J ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lexington Cardiology Consultants   (United States)

^c Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^d Sutter Pacific Heart Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044454749     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.510503     Document Type: Article

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