Epicardial substrate mapping for ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: A new algorithm to differentiate between scar and viable myocardium developed by simultaneous integration of computed tomography and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 586-596

  Piers, Sebastiaan R D ^a   Van Huls Van Taxis, Carine F B ^a   Tao, Qian ^a   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^a   Askar, Said F ^a   Siebelink, Hans Marc J ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablation; Computed tomography; Image integration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR VOLTAGE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPICARDIAL ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; UNIPOLAR VOLTAGE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874507135     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs382     Document Type: Article

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