The characteristics and distribution of the scar tissue predict ventricular tachycardia in patients with advanced heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-322

  Yokokawa, Miki ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a,b   Koyama, Keiko ^a   Ino, Toshihiko ^a   Hiramatsu, Shigeki ^a   Kaseno, Kenichi ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Scar; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCAR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 61449105882     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02238.x     Document Type: Article

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