Early referral for ablation of scar-related ventricular tachycardia is associated with improved acute and long-term outcomes: Results from the heart center of leipzig ventricular tachycardia registry

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1144-1151

  Dinov, Borislav ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Bertagnolli, Livio ^a   Schirripa, Valentina ^a   Schoene, Katharina ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Rolf, Sascha ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Tachycardia, ventricular

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; SCAR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CICATRIX; COMPLICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GERMANY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925547356     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001953     Document Type: Article

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