Mapping of the coronary sinus and great cardiac vein using a 2-French electrode catheter and a right femoral approach

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-376

  Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Schlüter, Michael ^a   Weiss, Christian ^b   Willems, Stephan ^b   Meinertz, Thomas ^b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

catheterization; coronary sinus cannulation; coronary sinus mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030948554     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00802.x     Document Type: Article

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