Imaging and epicardial substrate ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients late after myocarditis

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1363-1372

  Maccabelli, Giuseppe ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Silberbauer, John ^a   Esposito, Antonio ^a   Bisceglia, Caterina ^a   Baratto, Francesca ^a   Colantoni, Caterina ^a   Trevisi, Nicola ^a   Palmisano, Anna ^a   Vergara, Pasquale ^a   De Cobelli, Francesco ^a   Del Maschio, Alessandro ^a   Bella, Paolo Della ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Late enhancement imaging; Myocarditis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; EPICARDIAL SUBSTRATE ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOCARDIAL ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; EPICARDIUM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM; LATE POTENTIAL; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SCAR; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PROCEDURES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906990804     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu017     Document Type: Article

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