Catheter ablation of fascicular ventricular tachycardia

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-201

  Ramprakash, B ^a   Jaishankar, S ^a   Rao, Hygriv B ^a   Narasimhan, Calambur ^a  

^a CARE Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Fascicular ventricular tachycardia; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FASCICULAR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 55849139027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09726292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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