Electroanatomical Voltage and Morphology Characteristics in Postinfarction Patients Undergoing Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 863-873

  Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Silberbauer, John ^a   Maccabelli, Giuseppe ^a   Oloriz, Teresa ^a   Baratto, Francesca ^a   Mizuno, Hiroya ^a   Bisceglia, Caterina ^a   Vergara, Pasquale ^a   Marzi, Alessandra ^a   Sora, Nicoleta ^a   Guarracini, Fabrizio ^a   Radinovic, Andrea ^a   Cireddu, Manuela ^a   Sala, Simone ^a   Gulletta, Simone ^a   Paglino, Gabriele ^a   Mazzone, Patrizio ^a   Trevisi, Nicola ^a   Della Bella, Paolo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; endocardium; myocardial infarction; myocardium; tachycardia; ventricular

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENDO EPICARDIAL ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84939806972     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002551     Document Type: Article

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