Transcoronary ethanol ablation of the atrioventricular node in a young patient with tricuspid atresia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 620-623

  Costeas, Xenophon F ^a   Berul, Charles I ^a   Foote, Caroline B ^a   Homoud, Munther K ^a   Marx, Gerald R ^a   Smith, John J ^a   Mark Estes III, N A ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Ethanol ablation; Tricuspid atresia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; SOLVENTS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 0031968749     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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