Ablation of severe drug-resistant tachyarrhythmia during pregnancy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 877-882

  Szumowski, Lukasz ^a   Szufladowicz, Ewa ^a   Orczykowski, MichaŁ ^a   Bodalski, Robert ^a   Derejko, PaweŁ ^a   Przybylski, Andrzej ^a   Urbanek, Piotr ^a   KuŚmierczyk, Mariusz ^b   KoŹluk, Edward ^b   Sacher, Frederic ^c   Sanders, Prashanthan ^d   Dangel, Joanna ^b   Haissaguerre, Michel ^c   Walczak, Franciszek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ablation; atrioventricular (AV) node reentry; fluoroscopy; pregnancy; supraventricular tachycardia; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL RECIPROCATING TACHYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FLUOROSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCESSANT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; PERMANENT JUNCTIONAL RECIPROCATING TACHYCARDIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; X RAY;

EID: 77955264737     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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