High-density mapping of ventricular scar: A comparison of ventricular tachycardia (VT) supporting channels with channels that do not support VT

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-98

  Nayyar, Sachin ^a   Wilson, Lauren ^a   Ganesan, Anand N ^a   Sullivan, Thomas ^b   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Chapman, Darius ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Mahajan, Rajiv ^a   Baumert, Mathias ^a   Young, Glenn D ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Substrate ablation; Tachycardia; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SCAR; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH DENSITY MAPPING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MUSCLE CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCAR; SINUS RHYTHM; ACTION POTENTIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PACING; KINETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SUBSTRATE ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

CATHETER ABLATION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; SUBSTRATE ABLATION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84898899951     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000882     Document Type: Article

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