Intracranial microembolic signals during radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 805-807

  Georgiadis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Hill, Markus ^a   Kottkamp, Hans ^a   Breithard, Günter ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031572272     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00525-0     Document Type: Article

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