Combined endocardial and epicardial catheter ablation in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia incorporating scar dechanneling technique

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Fernández Armenta, Juan ^a   Mont, Lluís ^a   Zeljko, Hrvojka ^a   Andreu, David ^a   Herczku, Csaba ^a   Boussy, Tim ^a   Tolosana, Jose María ^a   Arbelo, Elena ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Pericardium; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858331892     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960740     Document Type: Article

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