Combined ventricular endocardial and epicardial substrate mapping using a sonomicrometry-based electroanatomical mapping system

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-786

  D'Avila, Andre ^a   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Epicardium; Myocardial infarction; Pericardium; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERICARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 34249828940     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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