Simultaneous biventricular noncontact mapping and ablation of septal ventricular tachycardia in a chronic ovine infarct model

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-449

  Kovoor, Pramesh ^a   Sivagangabalan, Gopal ^a   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a   Huang, Kaimin ^a   Barry, Michael A ^a   Lu, Juntang ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Myocardial infarction; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL; SOTOCOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR NONCONTACT MAPPING; BIVENTRICULAR SCAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 70349286765     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.842872     Document Type: Article

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