Usefulness of epicardial impedance evaluation for epicardial mapping and determination of epicardial ablation site for ventricular tachycardia: A pilot study.
Τakeshi KitamuraSeiji FukamizuSatoshi MiyazawaIwanari KawamuraRintaro HojoYuya AoyamaMitsuhiro NishizakiHarumizu SakuradaMasayasu HiraokaPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2017)
Real time epicardial impedance evaluation may be useful to determine effective epicardial ablation sites and avoid adipose tissue. However, the number of patients in the present study is limited. Further investigation with a large number of patients is needed to confirm our result.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- adipose tissue
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- high resolution
- metabolic syndrome
- magnetic resonance
- insulin resistance
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported
- molecularly imprinted
- simultaneous determination