Transcatheter ablation through the cardiac veins in a patient with a biventricular device and left ventricular epicardial arrhythmias

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 980-983

  Mantica, Massimo ^a   De Luca, Lucia ^a   Fagundes, Rafael ^a   Tondo, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation via coronary sinus; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Catheter ablation; Chronic heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left ventricular tract tachycardia; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; VEINS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33750320512     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul098     Document Type: Article

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