Transhepatic access to the atrioventricular ring for delivery of radiofrequency energy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 512-516

  Fischbach, Peter ^a   Campbell, Robert M ^b   Hulse, Edward ^b   Mosca, Ralph ^a   Armstrong, Brian ^a   Lloyd, Thomas R ^a   Dick II, Macdonald ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiac catheterization; children; congenital heart disease; radiofrequency ablation; supraventricular tachycardia; transhepatic catheterization

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEXTROCARDIA; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SITUS INVERSUS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031001779     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00819.x     Document Type: Article

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