Coronary artery injury due to catheter ablation in adults: Presentations and outcomes

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1465-1473

  Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Seiler, Jens ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Koplan, Bruce A ^a   Tedrow, Usha B ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Complications; Coronary disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CLOPIDOGREL; DOFETILIDE; EPTIFIBATIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RESTENOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350126602     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.870790     Document Type: Article

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