Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia: An institutional experience of safety and efficacy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-498

  Tung, Roderick ^a   Michowitz, Yoav ^a   Yu, Ricky ^a   Mathuria, Nilesh ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Bradfield, Jason ^a   Fujimura, Osamu ^a   Gima, Jean ^a   Discepolo, William ^a   Mandapati, Ravi ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Epicardial; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; EPICARDIAL ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875707002     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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