Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation. A Multicenter Safety Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2366-2372

  Sacher, Frédéric ^a,b   Roberts Thomson, Kurt ^b   Maury, Philippe ^c   Tedrow, Usha ^b   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Steven, Daniel ^b   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Koplan, Bruce ^b   Leroux, Lionel ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Seiler, Jens ^b   Wright, Matthew J ^a   Epstein, Laurence ^b   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a   Jais, Pierre ^a   Stevenson, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

complications; epicardial VT ablation; safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRYOABLATION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952143205     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.084     Document Type: Article

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