Catheter ablation of electrical storm

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1051-1058

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   Lemke, Bernd ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^a   Shin, Dong In ^b   Grewe, Peter H ^a   Horlitz, Marc ^b   Balta, Osman ^b   Bsche, Leif ^a   Lawo, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; electrical storm; electroanatomic mapping; epicardial ablation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AZIMILIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL STORM; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 80052470276     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.11.87     Document Type: Review

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