Mapping and ablation of trigger premature ventricular contractions in a case of electrical storm associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-443

  Okada, Taro ^a   Yamada, Takumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^a   Ninomiya, Yuuichi ^a   Toyama, Junji ^a  

^a Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SCAR;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33947194863     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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