Ventricular tachycardia ablation in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: A need to catch up with current recommendations

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 778-780

  Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SOTALOL;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84861595680     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus030     Document Type: Editorial

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