Can radiofrequency current isthmus ablation damage the right coronary artery? Histopathological findings following the use of a long (8 mm) tip electrode

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 860-862

  Weiss, Christian ^a   Becker, Jan ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTRODE; FATALITY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; ARTERY INJURY; BLEEDING; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRODES; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN;

EID: 0036090659     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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