Epicardial ablation of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia with an externally irrigated catheter in a patient with mechanical aortic and mitral valves

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 651-654

  Anh, D J ^a   Hsia, Henry H ^a   Reitz, Bruce ^b   Zei, Paul ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomic mapping; Epicardial ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MEXILETINE;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; EPICARDIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34247348653     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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