Inability to cannulate the coronary sinus in patients with supraventricular arrhythmias: Congenital and acquired coronary sinus atresia

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Khairy, Paul ^a,b   Triedman, John K ^a   Juraszek, Amy ^a   Cecchin, Frank ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; AV node reentrant tachycardia; Congenital heart disease; Coronary sinus ostial atresia; Electrophysiologic study

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CORONARY SINUS OSTIAL ATRESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORONARY SINUS OSTIAL ATRESIA; COR TRIATRIATUM; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COR TRIATRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 15244358918     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-6547-1     Document Type: Article

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