Contact versus noncontact mapping for ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with previous myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 842-850

  Pratola, Claudio ^a   Baldo, Elisa ^a   Toselli, Tiziano ^a   Notarstefano, Pasquale ^a   Paolo, Artale ^a   Ferrari, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact and noncontact mapping system; Myocardial infarction; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650662213     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02398.x     Document Type: Article

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