Ablation above the semilunar valves: When, why, and how? Part I

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1485-1492

  Suleiman, Mahmoud ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Aortic valve; Coronary arteries; Electrophysiology; Pulmonic valve; Radiofrequency ablation; Semilunar valve; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY VEIN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NEURAL CREST; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 54549124706     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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