Identification of successful catheter ablation sites in patients with ventricular tachycardia based on electrogram characteristics during sinus rhythm

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 940-950

  Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Kiès, Philippine ^a   Wijffels, Maurits C E F ^a   Bootsma, Marianne ^a   van Erven, Lieselot ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Myocardial infarction; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25444522595     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.06.029     Document Type: Article

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