Aborted sudden cardiac death due to radiofrequency ablation within the coronary sinus and subsequent total occlusion of the circumflex artery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 929-932

  Makimoto, Hisaki ^a   Zhang, Qingyong ^a   Tilz, Roland Richard ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Cuneo, Alessandro ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac arrest; catheter ablation; myocardial infarction; perimitral atrial flutter; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ABORTED SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ARREST; CATHETER ABLATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIMITRAL ATRIAL FLUTTER; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84880629719     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12083     Document Type: Article

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