Endocardial flap of left atrial dissection following radiofrequency ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1771-1773

  Ramakrishna, Gautam ^a   Cote, Annie V ^a   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^a   Malouf, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Mass; Radiofrequency ablation; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; FLECAINIDE; HEPARIN; ISOPRENALINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DISSECTION; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTIGO;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0041698505     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00267.x     Document Type: Article

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