Feasibility study of percutaneous transvalvular endomyocardial cryoablation for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 247-251

  Keane, David ^c   Hynes, Brian ^c   King, Gerard ^b   Shiels, Paul ^a   Brown, Angie ^b  

^a Tullamore General Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSVALVULAR ENDOMYOCARDIAL CRYOABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CRYOSURGERY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249660507     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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