Percutaneous transhepatic venous access for catheter ablation procedures in patients with interruption of the inferior vena cava

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-241

  Singh, Sheldon M ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^b   Skoka, Jan ^b   Kriz, Radko ^b   Popelova, Jana ^b   Love, Barry A ^a   Mittnacht, Alexander J C ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Congenital heart diseases; Hepatic veins

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; HEPARIN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC VENOUS ACCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; TRANSSEPTAL CATHETERIZATOIN; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER VEIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 79958865161     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960856     Document Type: Article

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