Meta-analysis of catheter ablation as an adjunct to medical therapy for treatment of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-510

  Mallidi, Jaya ^a   Nadkarni, Girish N ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^b   Nazarian, Saman ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Medical therapy; Meta analysis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART PERFORATION; HEART STRUCTURE DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953239265     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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