Acquired arteriovenous fistula and chronic occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery in a patient with previous ablation of a left-sided accessory pathway

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 874-876

  Wieczorek, Marcus ^a   Braun, Peter ^a   Schoels, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Herzzentrum Duisburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication; Coronary occlusion; Heart failure; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27844441363     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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