?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Arrhythmia+Care+In+India+-+Poised+For+The+Big+Leap&rft.creator=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Till+the+late+1980s%2C+there+was+precious+little+one+could+do+to+permanently+cure+arrhythmias.+Cardiac+surgery+did+not+live+up+to+its+promise+for+ventricular+tachycardia.+For+WPW+syndrome%2C+surgery+was+too+invasive+a+procedure%2C+with+a+significant+chance+of+major+complications.+Electrophysiologists+spent+hours+trying+to+unravel+tachycardia+mechanisms%2C+and+were+often+referred+to+as+%22electrophilosophers%22.+Since+the+advent+of+RF+ablation%2C+this+scenario+underwent+a+sea+change.+Suddenly+one+was+able+to+get+rid+of+many+arrhythmias+with+a+much+less+invasive+procedure.+Electrophysiology+centers+mushroomed+and+got+upgraded+in+the+developed+world.&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2002-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4317%2F1%2Fyash.htm&rft.identifier=++Lokhandwala%2C+Yash++(2002)+Arrhythmia+Care+In+India+-+Poised+For+The+Big+Leap.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4317%2F