Successful catheter ablation of focal ventricular fibrillation in a patient with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kirubakaran, Senthil ^a   Gill, Jaswinder ^a   Rinaldi, Christopher A ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Mapping; VT

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79953775108     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02750.x     Document Type: Article

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