Asymptomatic acute inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction from thermal injury complicating radiofrequency ablation for atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 504-505

  Chacko, Matthews ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Bhatt, Deepak L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; AVNRT; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 4544388471     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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