Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation with the Use of a Noncontact Mapping System for Ventricular Tachycardia Originating from the Aortic Sinus Cusp-A Case Report-

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Narita, Sumito ^a   Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Ashikaga, Keiichi ^a   Ushinohama, Hiroya ^b   Tanaka, Yuji ^c   Yoshinaga, Masao ^c   Kawana, Hideyo ^d  

^a EP Expert Doctors Team Tsuchiya   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Aijinkai Uemura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic sinus cusp; Noncontact mapping; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954500000     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4020/jhrs.24.45     Document Type: Article

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