Surgical therapy of cardiac arrhythmias.
Surgery guided by a greater understanding of the mechanism of arrhythmias has assumed an important role in managing recurrent tachycardia. Further progress will continue to broaden surgery's indications beyond the patient with life-threatening tachycardias refractory to all other forms of surgery.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery