Impact of Electrode Type on Mapping of Scar‐Related VT

Substrate‐based VT ablation is mostly based on maps acquired with ablation catheters. We hypothesized that multipolar mapping catheters are more effective for identification of scar and local abnormal ventricular activity (LAVA).

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