Ablation of polymorphic ventricular tachycardias in patients with structural heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1585-1591

  Bode, Kerstin ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Janoušek, Jan ^a   Dagres, Nikolaos ^a   Arya, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Purkinje potential; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular premature beat

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PHENYTOIN; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PURKINJE FIBER; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURKINJE FIBERS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 56049083969     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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