CMR for Mapping the Missing Dimension in Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-288

  Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance; catheter ablation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77649268552     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.11.007     Document Type: Editorial

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