Successful catheter ablation of left ventricular epicardial tachycardia originating from the great cardiac vein - A case report and review of the literature

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1983-1988

  Kaseno, Kenichi ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Shinichi ^a   Goto, Koji ^a   Yokokawa, Miki ^a   Hiramatsu, Shigeki ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Epicardia; Great cardiac vein; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37149044201     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1983     Document Type: Article

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