Complete occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery after radiofrequency catheter ablation in an infant

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1004-1006

  Paul, Thomas ^a,b   Kakavand, Bahram ^a   Blaufox, Andrew D ^a   Saul, J Philip ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory atrioventricular pathways; Coronary artery; Pediatrics; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; FLECAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART BLOCK; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0141724655     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02578.x     Document Type: Article

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