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Ventricular tachycardia (VT) following a myocardial infarction may require surgical correction, when resistant to medical treatment. For precise and less damaging surgery, a careful preoperative and intraoperative mapping is mandatory, as the morphology of VT on standard ecg has been demonstrated not to be indicative of its origin (1).
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Klersy, C., Vigano’, M., Martinelli, L., Chimienti, M., Salerno, J.A. (1986). Body Surface Map and Location of Origin of Ventricular Tachycardia. Comparison with Epicardial Map. In: van Dam, R.T., van Oosterom, A. (eds) Electrocardiographic Body Surface Mapping. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4303-2_14
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