Catheter ablation of multiple ventricular tachycardias after myocardial infarction guided by combined contact and noncontact mapping

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2697-2704

  Klemm, Hanno U ^a   Ventura, Rodolfo ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Johnsen, Christin ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Lutomsky, Boris ^a   Risius, Tim ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Mapping; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249727201     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.668673     Document Type: Article

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