Minimally invasive surgical release of entrapped mapping catheter in the mitral valve

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1378-1380

  Je, Hyung Gon ^a   Kim, Jeong Won ^b   Jung, Sung Ho ^a   Lee, Jae Won ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation; Complication; Mitral valve; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEIN; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48749109168     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.1378     Document Type: Article

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