Infarct architecture and characteristics on delayed enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and electroanatomic mapping in patients with postinfarction ventricular arrhythmia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 644-651

  Desjardins, Benoit ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^b   Good, Eric ^b   Oral, Hakan ^b   Chugh, Aman ^b   Pelosi, Frank ^b   Morady, Fred ^b   Bogun, Frank ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mapping; Postinfarction ventricular tachycardia; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SINUS RHYTHM;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64649098085     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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