Value of noncontact mapping for identifying left ventricular scar in an ovine model

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3175-3180

  Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Wallace, Elisabeth M ^a   Campbell, Craig R ^a   Boyd, Anita C ^a   Eipper, Vicki E ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CICATRIX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHEEP; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 8744304916     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000147234.82755.90     Document Type: Article

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