Transconduit puncture for catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia in a patient with extracardiac Fontan palliation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-416

  Dave, Amish S ^a   Aboulhosn, Jamil ^a   Child, John S ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Conduit puncture; Electrocautery; Fontan surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DOFETILIDE; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY BANDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PUNCTURES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 76849117856     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.10.037     Document Type: Article

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