Catheter ablation of idiopathic left and right ventricular tachycardias in the pediatric population using noncontact mapping

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 731-739

  Schneider, Heike E ^a   Kriebel, Thomas ^a   Jung, Klaus ^a   Gravenhorst, Verena D ^a   Paul, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Children; Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia; Noncontact mapping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE TACHYCARDIA; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NONCONTACT MAPPING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952582882     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.02.031     Document Type: Article

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