Delayed occurrence of unheralded phase IV complete heart block after ethanol septal ablation for symmetric hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 674-678

  Wykrzykowska, Joanna J ^a   Kwaku, Kevin ^a   Wylie, John ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a   Zimetbaum, Peter ^a   Laham, Roger J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete heart block; DDD pacemaker; Ethanol septal ablation; Phase 4 heart block; Symmetric hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHANOL SEPTAL ABLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745097706     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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