Case report: Pulmonary vein stenosis following RF ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Successful treatment with balloon dilation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 621-631

  Moak, Jeffrey P ^a   Moore, Hans J ^b   Lee, Sung W ^b   Giglia, Therese M ^a   Sable, Craig A ^a   Furbush, Norman C ^a   Ringel, Richard R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Balloon dilation; Cardiac mapping; Intracardiac ultrasound; Pulmonary vein stenosis; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034500704     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026573816874     Document Type: Article

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