Intracardiac echocardiography guided catheter ablation of incessant ventricular tachycardia from the posterior papillary muscle causing tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-392

  Seiler, Jens ^a   Lee, Joseph C ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Intracardiac echocardiography; Posterior papillary muscle; Radiofrequency; Tachycardia mediated cardiomyopathy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749132219     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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