Epicardial interventions in electrophysiology

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1752-1769

  Boyle, Noel G ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; electrophysiology; epicardial mapping.; epicardium; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIAL INTERVENTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84866984647     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.060327     Document Type: Review

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