A case of a human ventricular fibrillation rotor localized to ablation sites for scar-mediated monomorphic ventricular tachycardia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1913-1916

  Hayase, Justin ^a,b   Tung, Roderick ^c   Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a,b   Krummen, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Endocardial ablation; Epicardial ablation; Focal impulse and rotor map; Rotors; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANTITACHYCARDIA PACING THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG CAPACITY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SEDATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

ANTITACHYCARDIA PACING; ATP; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIAL ABLATION; EPICARDIAL ABLATION; FOCAL IMPULSE AND ROTOR MAP; ICD; IMPLANTED CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; ROTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VF; VT;

CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84889886656     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.049     Document Type: Article

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