Microwave ablation of an ischemic sustained ventricular tachycardia during aortocoronary bypass, mitral valve and tricuspid valve surgery guided by a three-dimensional nonfluoroscopic mapping system (CARTO)

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-247

  Braun, M U ^a   Knaut, M ^a   Rauwolf, T ^a   Strasser, R H ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CARTO; Endocardial microwave ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MITRAL VALVE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 25444525133     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-2784-6     Document Type: Article

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