A novel treatment strategy for therapy refractory ventricular arrhythmias in the setting of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 267-269

  Bakir, Ihsan ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Vandepitte, Catherine ^a   Wellens, Francis ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Beating heart surgery; Cryoablation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART DILATATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CRYOSURGERY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; STERNUM;

EID: 34447576758     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum029     Document Type: Article

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