Acute right coronary artery occlusion in an adult patient after radiofrequency catheter ablation of a posteroseptal accessory pathway

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 657-659

  Duong, Truong ^a   Hui, Peter ^a   Mailhot, James ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY STENT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8844258015     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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