Sustained ventricular tachycardia associated with corrective valve surgery

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2005-2011

  Eckart, Robert E ^a,b   Hruczkowski, Tomasz W ^a   Tedrow, Usha B ^a   Koplan, Bruce A ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Tachycardia, ventricular; Valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 35649018153     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.703157     Document Type: Article

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