Iatrogenic coronary-cameral fistula after left ventricular radiofrequency ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 720-721

  Shalaby, Alaa ^a,b   Refaat, Marwan ^b   Lacomis, Joan M ^b   Amidi, Morteza ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Coronary artery; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR FISTULA; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 64649095015     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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