Hybrid therapies for ventricular arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Bella, Paolo Della ^a   Riva, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751374465     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00491.x     Document Type: Review

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