High incidence of acute sub-clinical circumflex artery 'injury' following mitral isthmus ablation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1881-1890

  Wong, Kelvin C K ^a   Lim, Chris ^a   Sadarmin, Praveen P ^a   Jones, Michael ^a   Qureshi, Norman ^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; Complication; Coronary artery injury; Mitral isthmus; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY INJURY; CORONARY SINUS ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ISTHMUS ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 80051507035     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr117     Document Type: Article

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