Regional myocardial wall thinning at multidetector computed tomography correlates to arrhythmogenic substrate in postinfarction ventricular tachycardia: Assessment of structural and electrical substrate

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 342-350

  Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Cochet, Hubert ^a   Jadidi, Amir ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Shah, Ashok ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Ramoul, Khaled ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Daly, Matthew ^a   Riffaud, Matthieu ^a   Sermesant, Maxime ^b   Relan, Jatin ^b   Ayache, Nicholas ^b   Kim, Steven ^c   Montaudon, Michel ^a   Laurent, François ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   more..

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Image integration; Multidetector computed tomography; Ventricular arrhythmia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL WALL THINNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878092583     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.000191     Document Type: Article

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