Catheter ablation for an incessant form of antiarrhythmic drug-resistant ventricular fibrillation after acute coronary syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-105

  Enjoji, Yoshihisa ^a   Mizobuchi, Masahiro ^a   Shibata, Kensaku ^a   Yokouchi, Itaru ^a   Funatsu, Atsushi ^a   Kanbayashi, Daisuke ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoko ^a   Nakamura, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Purkinje fiber; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; NIFEKALANT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PURKINJE FIBER;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PURKINJE FIBERS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33645128181     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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