Long-term outcomes of combined epicardial and endocardial ablation of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Dukkipati, Srinivas R ^a   D'Avila, Andre ^a   Soejima, Kyoko ^b   Bala, Rupa ^d   Inada, Keiichi ^c   Singh, Sheldon ^a   Stevenson, William G ^c   Marchlinski, Francis E ^d   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL TAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy hypertrophic; Epicardial mapping

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOCARDIAL ABLATION; ENDOCARDIAL MAPPING; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL ABLATION; EPICARDIAL SCAR; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; REOPERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958853392     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.957290     Document Type: Article

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