Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias arising near the anterior epicardial veins from the left sinus of Valsalva region: ECG features, anatomic distance, and outcome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 865-873

  Jauregui Abularach, Miguel E ^a   Campos, Bieito ^a   Park, Kyoung Min ^a   Tschabrunn, Cory M ^a   Frankel, David S ^a   Park, Robert E ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Mountantonakis, Stavros ^a   Garcia, Fermin C ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Tzou, Wendy S ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Lin, David ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coronary venous system; Left sinus of Valsalva; Left ventricular outflow tract; Ventricular tachycardia ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; R WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84861329940     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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