Successful catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions originating from the tricuspid annulus using a Halo-type catheter

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1228-1229

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Allison, Jeffery Scott ^a   McElderry, Hugh Thomas ^a   Doppalapudi, Harish ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Kay, George Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 52949143436     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun184     Document Type: Article

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