Catheter ablation of electrical storm due to monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy: Acute results and its effect on long-term survival

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1504-1509

  Arya, Arash ^a   Bode, Kerstin ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Wetzel, Ulrike ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Kottkamp, Hans ^b   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HerzZentrum Hirslanden Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; electrical storm; epicardial; idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; survival; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRICAL STORM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650110261     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02835.x     Document Type: Article

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