Incidence of coronary artery injury immediately after catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardias in infants and children

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-467

  Schneider, Heike E ^a   Kriebel, Thomas ^a   Gravenhorst, Verena D ^a   Paul, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia; Children; Coronary artery stenosis; Cryoablation; Radiofrequency energy ablation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ST SEGMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549099523     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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