Noninvasive programmed ventricular stimulation early after ventricular tachycardia ablation to predict risk of late recurrence

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1529-1535

  Frankel, David S ^a   Mountantonakis, Stavros E ^b   Zado, Erica S ^a   Anter, Elad ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Deo, Rajat ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Garcia, Fermin C ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Lin, David ^a   Patel, Vickas V ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Robinson, Melissa R ^a   Tzou, Wendy S ^a   Verdino, Ralph J ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

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

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; programmed stimulation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONINVASIVE PROGRAMMED VENTRICULAR STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859817243     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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