Early reperfusion during acute myocardial infarction affects ventricular tachycardia characteristics and the chronic electroanatomic and histological substrate

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1887-1895

  Wijnmaalen, Adrianus P ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Von Der Thüsen, Jan H ^b   Klautz, Robert J M ^a   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Mapping; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion; Tachycardia; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CICATRIX; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 77951879874     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.891242     Document Type: Article

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