Intramural left atrial haematoma mimicking cardiac tamponade after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-668

  Kurek, Christian ^a   Gwechenberger, Marianne ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^a   Binder, Thomas ^a   Loewe, Christian ^a   Gössinger, Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAMURAL LEFT ATRIAL HEMATOMA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS;

EID: 66749139147     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup052     Document Type: Article

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