Catheter Ablation of ventricular tachycardia

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2284-2288

  Tung, Roderick ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE BIGEMINY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA STORM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79958101409     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.989079     Document Type: Article

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