Current practice of ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-137

  Dagres, Nikolaos ^a   Cantù, Francesco ^b   Geelen, Peter ^c   Lewalter, Thorsten ^d   Proclemer, Alessandro ^e   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^f  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Isarklinikum Munich   (Germany)

^e SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Implantabe cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84055192964     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur411     Document Type: Article

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