Feasibility of Combined Unipolar and Bipolar Voltage Maps to Improve Sensitivity of Endomyocardial Biopsy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 625-632

  Casella, Michela ^a   Pizzamiglio, Francesca ^a   Dello Russo, Antonio ^a   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^a   Al Mohani, Ghaliah ^a   Russo, Eleonora ^a   Notarstefano, Pasquale ^b   Pieroni, Maurizio ^b   D'Amati, Giulia ^c   Sommariva, Elena ^a   Giovannardi, Marta ^a   Carnevali, Andrea ^b   Riva, Stefania ^a   Fassini, Gaetano ^a   Tundo, Fabrizio ^a   Santangeli, Pasquale ^d,e   Di Biase, Luigi ^b,d,e,f,g   Bolognese, Leonardo ^a   Natale, Andrea ^d,g,h,i,j,k   Tondo, Claudio ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St David's Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^f MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROANATOMIC VOLTAGE MAPPING; ENDOCARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SARCOIDOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942858959     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002216     Document Type: Article

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