Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava is associated with major intraprocedural complications

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1755-1760

  Wissner, Erik ^a   Tilz, Roland ^a   Konstantinidou, Melanie ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, K R Julian ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complication rate; Congenital anomaly; Persistent left superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 78650116548     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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