Entrapment of circular mapping catheter in the mitral valve

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-19

  Kesek, Milos ^a   Englund, Anders ^b   Jensen, Steen M ^a   Jensen Urstad, Mats ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter entrapment; Complication; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33845777224     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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