Pleuropericardial fistula formation after prior epicardial catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mathuria, Nilesh ^a   Buch, Eric ^b   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Epicardial; Fistula; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; EPICARDIUM; FISTULA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PLEUROPERICARDIAL FISTULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PLEURAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84858327645     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.968420     Document Type: Short Survey

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