Clinical observations and outcome of ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with left ventricular assist devices

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1377-1383

  Herweg, Bengt ^a,b   Ilercil, Arzu ^a,b   Kristof Kuteyeva, Olga ^b   Rinde Hoffman, Debbie ^a   Caldeira, Christiano ^a   Mangar, Devanand ^a   Karlnosky, Rachel ^a,b   Barold, S Serge ^b  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; heart failure; ICD; ventricular assist device; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84868644402     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03509.x     Document Type: Review

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