Pressure frequency characteristics of the pericardial space and thorax during subxiphoid access for epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 604-609

  Mahapatra, Srijoy ^a   Tucker Schwartz, Jason ^b   Wiggins, David ^a   Gillies, George T ^b   Mason, Pamela K ^a   McDaniel, George ^a   LaPar, Damien J ^a   Stemland, Christopher ^c   Sosa, Eduardo ^d   Ferguson, John D ^a   Bunch, T Jared ^e   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Intermountain Health Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Epicardial ablation; Pressure frequency; Subxiphoid access; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA CAVITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STERNOTOMY; TIME;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STERNOTOMY; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78650179927     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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