Characterization of ventricular scar in the era of high-density mapping: When can we believe what we see?

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Christopher X Wong et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;33(7):1505-1506.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15490. Epub 2022 Apr 19.

¹ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

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Keywords: electroanatomic mapping; fibrosis; scar; ventricular arrhythmia.

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