Transcatheter creation of a de novo communication across an extracardiac Fontan conduit for catheter ablation of a "left-sided" accessory pathway

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-168

  Kerst, Gunter ^a   Schranz, Dietmar ^a   Buttgereit, Kerstin ^b   Gonzalez Y Gonzalez, Maria B ^a   Tuzcu, Volkan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b St Jude Medical   (Germany)

^c ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PUNCTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893845135     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0639-1     Document Type: Letter

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