Ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation ablation
Subtitle: the state of the art based on the VeniceChart international consensus document
By: edited by Andrea Natale, Antonio Raviele.
Contributors: Natale, Andrea.; Raviele, Antonio.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444330731
Subjects: Catheter ablation; Ventricular fibrillation -- Surgery; Ventricular tachycardia -- Surgery; Tachycardia, Ventricular -- surgery; Ventricular Fibrillation -- surgery; Catheter Ablation -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology, classification, and clinical impact of VT/VF; title: Anatomy of right/left ventricles and surrounding structures in health and disease; title: Pathophysiology and mechanisms of VT/VF; title: ECG features of VT/VF as expression of the underlying mechanisms and site of origin; title: Pre- and intra- procedural management; title: Mapping methods for VT/VF ablation; title: Imaging tools, energy sources, and catheters for VT/VF ablation; title: Ablation of VT/VF in patients with structural HD : techniques and results; title: Ablation of VT/VF in patients without structural HD : techniques and results; title: Acute and periprocedural complications; title: Post-VT ablation follow up management; title: Surgical ablation; title: Indications to VT/VF ablation and hybrid therapy; title: Future tools and treatment options.