Mapeo de alta resolución de la taquicardia ventricular posterior al infarto: caracterización electrofisiológica del

Elad Anter1, Cory M Tschabrunn2, Alfred E Buxton2

  • 1From Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. eanter@bidmc.harvard.edu.

Circulation
|July 22, 2016
PubMed
Resumen

El mapeo de alta resolución revela la conducción más lenta en los circuitos de taquicardia ventricular (VT) en los bordes del istmo. Esta técnica avanzada ofrece un enfoque más preciso para guiar la terapia de ablación para la TE postinfarto.

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