Concomitant left ventricular assist device placement and cryoablation for treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias associated with heart failure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 334-336

  Emaminia, Abbas ^a   Nagji, Alykhan S ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a   Bergin, James D ^b   Kern, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959810387     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.062     Document Type: Article

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