Impact of scar, viable myocardium, and epicardial fat on substrate identification of ventricular tachycardia in a case with nonischemic cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sasaki, Takeshi ^a   Mudd, James ^a   Steenbergen, Charles ^b   Zviman, Menekhem M ^a   Miller, Christopher F ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; nonishcemic cardiomyopathy; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84870932866     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03213.x     Document Type: Article

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