Pulmonary edema after extensive radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 748-752

  Weber, Reinhold ^a   Minners, Jan ^a   Restle, Christian ^a   Buerkle, Gerd ^a   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Kalusche, Dietrich ^a   Keyl, Cornelius ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary edema; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONVALESCENCE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 47949104815     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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