Catheter ablation of electrical storm in patients with structural heart disease

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-113

  Kozeluhova, Marketa ^a   Peichl, Petr ^a   Cihak, Robert ^a   Wichterle, Dan ^a   Vancura, Vlastimil ^a   Bytesnik, Jan ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrical storm; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRICAL STORM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETREATMENT;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 78650451899     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq364     Document Type: Article

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