Drug-refractory ventricular tachycardias after myocarditis: Endocardial and epicardial radiofrequency catheter ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 492-498

  Russo, Antonio Dello ^a   Casella, Michela ^a   Pieroni, Maurizio ^b   Pelargonio, Gemma ^b   Bartoletti, Stefano ^a   Santangeli, Pasquale ^c   Zucchetti, Martina ^a   Innocenti, Ester ^a   Biase, Luigi Di ^c,d,e   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^a   Bellocci, Fulvio ^b   Fiorentini, Cesare ^a,f   Natale, Andrea ^c,e   Tondo, Claudio ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St David's Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Myocarditis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863651678     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.965012     Document Type: Article

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