Ventricular fibrillation induced by a radiofrequency energy delivery for idiopathic premature ventricular contractions arising from the left ventricular anterior papillary muscle

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1115-1117

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   McElderry, H Thomas ^a   Allred, James D ^a   Doppalapudi, Harish ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 68649127894     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup092     Document Type: Article

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