Acute right coronary artery occlusion following radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial flutter

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-93

  Raio, Nicolas ^a   Cohen, Todd J ^a   Daggubati, Ramesh ^a   Marzo, Kevin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY STENT; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; STENTS;

EID: 28444495471     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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