Successful transcatheter perforation of the atretic pulmonary valve membrane in a newborn using the new coe radiofrequency end hole catheter

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-166

  Cheatham, John P ^a   Coe, James Y ^b   Kugler, John D ^a   Fletcher, Scott E ^a   Tower, Allen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Nu Med Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary atresia; Radiofrequency catheter; Transcatheter perforation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PERFORATION; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ATRESIA;

EID: 0031711485     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199810)45:2<162::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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