Mechanical interruption of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia as a guide for catheter ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 687-691

  Bogun, Frank ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Reich, Stephen ^a   Elmouchi, Darryl ^a   Igic, Petar ^a   Lemola, Kristina ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter trauma; Postinfarction ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRESSLER SYNDROME; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 21344464452     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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