Methods and indications for ablation of ventricular tachycardia

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Charalampous, Charalambos ^a   Weber, Reinhold ^b   Tsikrikas, Spyros ^a   Efremidis, Michael ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^b   Sideris, Antonios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ACTIVATION MAPPING; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENTRAINMENT MAPPING; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; PACE MAPPING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PURKINJE FIBER; SUBSTRATE MAPPING; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA MAPPING;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 80053059388     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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