Radiofrequency ablation of an epicardial ventricular tachycardia through the great cardiac vein in a patient with mitro-aortic mechanical prostheses

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1069-1072

  Najjar, Jamal ^a   Bortone, Agustín ^a   Boveda, Serge ^a   Albenque, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Epicardial ventricular tachycardia; Great cardiac vein; Mitro aortic mechanical prostheses

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AORTA VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AORTIC VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 40049100094     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum185     Document Type: Article

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