Efficacy and safety of ventricular tachycardia ablation with mechanical circulatory support compared with substrate-based ablation techniques

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 709-714

  Bunch, T Jared ^a   Darby, Andy ^b   May, Heidi T ^a   Ragosta, Michael ^b   Lim, D Scott ^b   Taylor, Angela M ^b   Dimarco, John P ^b   Ailawadi, Gorav ^c   Revenaugh, James R ^a   Weiss, J Peter ^a   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^b,d  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Left ventricular assist device; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHOCK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860439066     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur347     Document Type: Article

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