Influence of clinical and procedural predictors on ventricular tachycardia ablation outcomes: An analysis from the substrate mapping and ablation in sinus rhythm to halt ventricular tachycardia trial (SMASH-VT)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 799-803

  Tung, Roderick ^a,b,c   Josephson, Mark E ^a,b,c   Reddy, Vivek ^a,b,c   Reynolds, Matthew R ^a,b,c  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mount Sinai University   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; ICD; mapping; SMASH VT; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954036452     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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