Predictors of complete heart block after alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the timing of pacemaker implantation

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-76

  El Jack, Seifeddin S ^a,b   Nasif, Marwan ^a   Blake, James W ^a   Dixon, Simon R ^a   Grines, Cindy L ^a   O'Neill, William W ^c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33846542616     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Review

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