Balloon occlusion of the distal coronary sinus facilitates mitral isthmus ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-839

  Wong, Kelvin C K ^a   Jones, Michael ^a   Qureshi, Norman ^a   Sadarmin, Praveen P ^a   De Bono, Joe ^a   Rajappan, Kim ^a   Bashir, Yaver ^a   Betts, Timothy R ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary sinus; Heat sink; Mitral isthmus; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY NARROWING; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY SINUS STENOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MITRAL ISTHMUS ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957823141     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.01.042     Document Type: Article

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