Characterization of the phrenic nerve course within the epicardial substrate of patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Fan, Roger ^a   Cano, Oscar ^a,b   Ho, Siew Yen ^c   Bala, Rupa ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Garcia, Fermin ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew ^a   Lin, David ^a   Riley, Michael ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a Electrophysiology Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Epicardial; Nonischemic cardiomyopathy; Phrenic nerve; Ventricular tachycardia; Voltage mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 58149475686     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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