Utility of the lateral fluoroscopic view for subxiphoid pericardial access

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a   Jais, Pierre ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Knecht, Sebastien ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Lellouch, Nicolas ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Clementy, Jacques ^a   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MEDIASTINUM; NEEDLE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBXIPHOID PERICARDIAL ACCESS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETER ABLATION; DRAINAGE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; XIPHOID BONE;

EID: 70349286762     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.803676     Document Type: Article

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