Effect of epicardial fat on electroanatomical mapping and epicardial catheter ablation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1320-1327

  Desjardins, Benoit ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Epicardial fat; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIAL FAT; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THICKNESS; TRANSCUTANEOUS EPICARDIAL MAPPING; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957358895     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.054     Document Type: Article

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