Catheter Ablation for Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardias

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 225-270

  Raymond, Jean Marc ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Winslow, Robert ^a   Tedrow, Usha ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY DISSECTION; FEMORAL ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK; SCAR; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 63749088087     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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