Postmyocarditis ventricular tachycardia in patients with epicardial-only scar: A specific entity requiring a specific approach

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-50

  Berte, Benjamin ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Cochet, Hubert ^a   Mahida, Saagar ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Lim, Han ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

cardiac DE MRI; epicardial scar; LAVA; myocarditis; VT ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL ONLY SCAR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTMYOCARDITIS VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COMPLICATION; FRANCE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84921516521     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12555     Document Type: Article

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