Symptoms of advanced heart failure - A case for radiofrequency catheter ablation?

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Bulava, Alan ^a   Heinc, Petr ^a,b   Hutyra, Martin ^a,b   Kaminek, Milan ^a,b   Krivankova, Malvina ^a,b   Richter, Marek ^a,b   Lukl, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Monomorphic ventricular ectopy; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Reverse remodeling; Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; FOSINOPRIL; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33845532992     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9017-5     Document Type: Article

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