Angiographic Analysis of the Anatomic Relation of Coronary Arteries to Mitral and Tricuspid Annulus and Implications for Radiofrequency Ablation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 666-671

  Hasdemir, Can ^a   Yavuzgil, Oguz ^a   Payzin, Serdar ^a   Aydin, Mehmet ^b   Ulucan, Cem ^a   Kayikcioglu, Meral ^a   Can, Levent H ^a   Turkoglu, Cuneyt ^a   Kultursay, Hakan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Tepecik Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 34547676611     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.03.082     Document Type: Article

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