Gastroesophageal reflux facilitates esophageal imaging during pulmonary vein ablation

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gula, Lorne J ^a,b   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Posan, Emoke ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Klein, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOTHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ESOPHAGUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BARIUM; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33746897343     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.614735     Document Type: Article

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