Management of hemopericardium related to percutaneous epicardial access, mapping, and ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1652-1657

  Koruth, Jacob S ^a   D'Avila, Andre ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Access; Complications; Epicardial; Hemopericardium; Management; Mapping; Percutaneous; Pericardial

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PUNCTURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN PERFORATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 81155159715     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.059     Document Type: Article

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