Successful percutaneous ablation of ventricular tachycardia in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, a case report

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-215

  Baral, Vijay R ^a   Veldtman, Gruschen R ^a   Yue, Arthur M ^a   Duke, Abdul ^a   Morgan, John M ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; Radio frequency ablation; Sudden death; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TRICUSPID VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART PACING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 21644481823     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000048572.37319.fc     Document Type: Article

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