Ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-374

  Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Stevenson, William G ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrophysiology clinical; Mapping; VT

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM;

CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 40349098258     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.00999.x     Document Type: Review

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