Narrowing of the superior vena cava-right atrium junction during radiofrequency catheter ablation for inappropriate sinus tachycardia: Analysis with intracardiac echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1667-1670

  Callans, David J ^a   Ren, Jian Fang ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a   Gottlieb, Charles D ^a   Chaudhry, Farooq A ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THROMBOGENESIS;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSDUCERS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0033133403     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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