Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9708, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Schaumann, Anselm ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^b   Willems, Stephan ^c   Ventura, Rodolfo ^c   Delacrétaz, Etienne ^d   Pitschner, Heinz Friedrich ^e   Kautzner, Josef ^f   Schumacher, Burghard ^g   Hansen, Peter S ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

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

^g Herz und Gefass Klinik   (Germany)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 72949089021     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61755-4     Document Type: Article

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