Risk of coronary artery injury with radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation of epicardial posteroseptal accessory pathways within the coronary venous system

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-119

  Stavrakis, Stavros ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sun, Yingxian ^a   Xu, Qingke ^a   Beckman, Karen J ^a   Lockwood, Deborah ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Po, Sunny S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Coronary angiography; Cryosurgery; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY INJURY; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; CORONARY RISK; CRYOABLATION; ELECTRODE; EPICARDIAL POSTEROSEPTAL ACCESSORY PATHWAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CRYOSURGERY; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INJURY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CRYOSURGERY; RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

ACCESSORY ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898906601     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000986     Document Type: Article

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