Surgical ablation of refractory ventricular tachycardia in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 494-500

  Anter, Elad ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Deo, Rajat ^a   Haqqani, Haris M ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Garcia, Fermin C ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Lin, David ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Litt, Harold I ^b   Woo, Joseph Y ^b   Acker, Michael A ^b   Szeto, Wilson Y ^b   Zado, Erica S ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Pulmonary Division   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Surgical ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR SHOCK; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054015985     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.962555     Document Type: Article

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