Surgical ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia guided by mapping in sinus rhythm: Long term results

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-329

  Pirk, Jan ^a   Bytesnik, Jan ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a   Peichl, Petr ^a   Vancura, Vlastimil ^a   Lefflerova, Katerina ^a   Skalsky, Ivo ^a   Vinduska, Vladimir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cardiac mapping; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Surgical ablation; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543117769     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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