Ablation of left ventricular tachycardia via transeptal approach and crossing of a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 900-903

  Herweg, Bengt ^a   Ilercil, Arzu ^a   Sheffield, Cedric D ^a   Caldeira, Christiano C ^a   Rinde Hoffman, Debbie ^a   Barold, S Serge ^a  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; catheter induced mitral regurgitation; left heart catheterization through mechanical mitral valve prosthesis; mechanical prosthetic mitral valve; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HEPARIN; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EPITOPE MAPPING; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SHOCK; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSEPTAL APPROACH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954359645     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02678.x     Document Type: Article

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