Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation successfully terminated by radiofrequency ablation of the distal Purkinje fibers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 701-704

  Kohsaka, Shun ^a,b   Razavi, Mehdi ^a   Massumi, Ali ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MC1 133 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PURKINJE CELL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURKINJE FIBERS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34247490213     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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