Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in children and young adults with congenital heart disease

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-308

  Morwood, James G ^a,b   Triedman, John K ^a,b   Berul, Charles I ^a,b   Khairy, Paul ^a,b   Alexander, Mark E ^a,b   Cecchin, Frank ^a,b   Walsh, Edward P ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Congenital heart disease; Left ventricular septal tachycardia; Pediatrics; Radiofrequency ablation; Right ventricular outflow tract; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9244261127     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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