Functional pace-mapping responses for identification of targets for catheter ablation of scar-mediated ventricular tachycardia

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-272

  Tung, Roderick ^a   Mathuria, Nilesh ^a   Michowitz, Yoav ^a   Yu, Ricky ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Bradfield, Jason ^a   Mandapati, Ravi ^a   Wiener, Isaac ^a   Boyle, Noel ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Pace mapping; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PACE MAPPED INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862252650     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.967976     Document Type: Article

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