Catheter ablation of isolated premature ventricular contractions arising from the sinus of Valsalva

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 732-737

  Lamberti, Filippo ^a,d   Nardo, Rosalba ^a   Calò, Leonardo ^b   Loricchio, Maria Luisa ^c   Lemme, Riccardo ^a   Maggi, Roberto ^a   Gaspardone, Achille ^a  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroanatomic mapping; Premature ventricular contractions; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 34548031193     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000285315.17692.b3     Document Type: Article

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