EHRA/HRS Expert Consensus on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias. Developed in a partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a Registered Branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 886-933

  Aliot, Etienne M ^a   Stevenson, William G ^b   Almendral Garrote, Jesus Ma ^c   Bogun, Frank ^d   Calkins, C Hugh ^e   Delacretaz, Etienne ^f   Della Bella, Paolo ^g   Hindricks, Gerhard ^h   Jaïs, Pierre ⁱ   Josephson, Mark E ^j   Kautzner, Josef ^k   Kay, G Neal ^l   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^m   Lerman, Bruce B ⁿ   Marchlinski, Francis ^o   Reddy, Vivek ^p   Schalij, Martin Jan ^q   Schilling, Richard ^r   Soejima, Kyoko ^p   Wilber, David ^s  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^m DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^q LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^s LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HEPARIN; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65849215341     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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