Three-dimensional electroanatomic voltage mapping to guide biopsy sampling in unexplained cardiomyopathies: a proof-of-principle case series

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 186-188

  Dechering, Dirk G ^a   Kochhäuser, Simon ^a   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Frommeyer, Gerrit ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROANATOMIC VOLTAGE MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957845991     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0931-3     Document Type: Letter

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