Percutaneous epicardial ablation reverses ventricular tachycardia mediated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-267

  Liew, Reginald ^a   Rajappan, Kim ^a   Gupta, Dhiraj ^a   Kistler, Peter ^a   Schilling, Richard ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroanatomical map; Epicardial ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS EPICARDIAL ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34250645366     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9098-9     Document Type: Article

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