Chronic left main coronary artery occlusion: A complication of radiofrequency ablation of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1874-1876

  Pons, Maxime ^a,c   Beck, Lionel ^a   Leclercq, Florence ^a   Ferriere, Marc ^a   Albat, Bernard ^b   Davy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary occlusion; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; EMBOLISM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030850757     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03580.x     Document Type: Article

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