Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-492

  Bello, David ^a   Kipper, Samuel ^b   Valderrábano, Miguel ^a,c   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Coast Imaging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7744231696     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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