Fracture of a circular mapping catheter after entrapment in the mitral valve apparatus during segmental pulmonary vein isolation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1774-1775

  Tavernier, Rene ^a   Duytschaever, Mattias ^a   Taeymans, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Complications; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ISOLATED ORGAN; MITRAL VALVE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0042700310     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00268.x     Document Type: Article

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