Contact versus Noncontact Mapping for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare contact versus noncontact mapping for radiofrequency (RF) ablation of any sustained post‐myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular tachycardia (VT).

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