Role of Ablation Therapy in Ventricular Arrhythmias

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 459-479

  Das, Mithilesh K ^a   Dandamudi, Gopi ^a   Steiner, Hillel ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 44449171904     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2008.03.010     Document Type: Review

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