Electrophysiologic Scar Substrate in Relation to VT: Noninvasive High-Resolution Mapping and Risk Assessment with ECGI

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 781-791

  Zhang, Junjie ^a,b   Cooper, Daniel H ^a   Desouza, Kavit A ^a   Cuculich, Phillip S ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^a,b   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; electrophysiology; mapping; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR;

EID: 84980315326     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12882     Document Type: Article

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