Prophylactic left thoracic sympathectomy to prevent electrical storms in CPVT patients needing ICD placement

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 731-733

  Moray, Amol ^a   Kirk, Edwin P ^a   Grant, Peter ^a   Camphausen, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Left cervical sympathectomy; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CERVICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; GENE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RYR2 GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

CHILD; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MALE; SYMPATHECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 80054095414     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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