Catheter ablation of electrical storm in a collaborative hospital network

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-239

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   Shin, Dong In ^a   Lawo, Thomas ^b   Bsche, Leif ^b   Balta, Osman ^a   Anders, Helge ^a   Bnz, Kathrin ^a   Horlitz, Marc ^a   Grewe, Peter Hubert ^b   Lemke, Bernd ^b   Mgge, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEXILETINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRICAL STORM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79959768112     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.03.030     Document Type: Article

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