Distribution of late potentials within infarct scars assessed by ultra high-density mapping

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1817-1824

  Nakahara, Shiro ^a   Tung, Roderick ^a   Ramirez, Rafael J ^a   Gima, Jean ^a   Wiener, Isaac ^a   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroanatomic mapping; Late potentials; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 78650175735     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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