Ultra high-density multipolar mapping with double ventricular access: A novel technique for ablation of ventricular tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Tung, Roderick ^a   Nakahara, Shiro ^a   MacCabelli, Giuseppe ^b   Buch, Eric ^a   Wiener, Isaac ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^a   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^b   Bella, Paolo Della ^b   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; catheter ablation; coronary artery disease; mapping; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751495686     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01859.x     Document Type: Article

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