Radiofrequency ablation for cardiac arrhythmias causing poscardiac injury syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-370

  Turitto, Gioia ^a,b   Abordo Jr , Melecio G ^a   Mandawat, Mahendra K ^a   Togay, Varol S ^a   El Sherif, Nabil ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032005947     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00906-5     Document Type: Article

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