Magnetic resonance identification of the ventricular tachycardia critical isthmus: Finding the needle in the haystack

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-197

  Halperin, Henry R ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; heterogeneous imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 78650914779     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.07.042     Document Type: Editorial

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