Ventricular tachycardia ablation

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-230

  Bella, Paolo Della ^a   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^a   Trevisi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Catheter ablation; Mapping; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; REVIEW;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 22344454423     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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