Feasibility of targeting catheter ablation to the markedly low-voltage area surrounding infarct scars in patients with post-infarction ventricular tachycardia

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1112-1119

  Yoshida, Kentaro ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Tanoue, Kazuyuki ^a   Endo, Masae ^a   Suzuki, Akihiro ^a   Kanemoto, Miyako ^a   Yamasaki, Hiro ^a   Yamauchi, Yasuteru ^b   Takahashi, Atsushi ^c   Kuga, Keisuke ^a   Yaroaguchi, Iwao ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Mapping; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46849114554     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.1112     Document Type: Article

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