Safety and feasibility of open chest epicardial mapping and ablation of ventricular tachycardia during the period of left ventricular assist device implantation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 95-101

  Patel, Mehul ^a   Rojas, Francia ^a   Shabari, Farshad Raissi ^a   Simpson, Leo ^b   Cohn, William ^b   Frazier, O H ^b   Mallidi, Hari ^b   Cheng, Jie ^a   Mathuria, Nilesh ^a  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; epicardial; LVAD; open chest; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84954170534     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12839     Document Type: Article

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