Successful ablation of an epicardial ventricular tachycardia using a surgical ablation tool

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Mathuria, Nilesh S ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooled radiofrequency ablation; Epicardial; Surgical ablation; Ventricular tachycardia ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MEXILETINE; QUINIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR SURGICAL LINEAR ABLATION PEN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84857081761     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.965467     Document Type: Article

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