Endocardial ablation to eliminate epicardial arrhythmia substrate in scar-related ventricular tachycardia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1416-1426

  Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Daly, Matthew ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Cochet, Hubert ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Jesel, Laurence ^a   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Lim, Han S ^a   Jadidi, Amir ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Shah, Ashok ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Aurillac Lavignolle, Valerie ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

ablation; arrhythmia; epicardium; local abnormal ventricular activities; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ENDOCARDIAL ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL ARRYTHMIA; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK REDUCTION; SCAR RELATED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ABLATION CATHETER; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CATHETER SHEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAPPING CATHETER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABLATION; ARRHYTHMIA; EPICARDIUM; LOCAL ABNORMAL VENTRICULAR ACTIVITIES; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897976851     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.087     Document Type: Article

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