Cor Vasa 2012, 54(7-8):e264-e269 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.04.004

Signs of hemodynamically significant myocardial ischemia as a complication of transseptal puncture in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

František Lehar, Zdeněk Stárek, Ladislav Groch, Jiří Wolf, Miroslav Novák
ICRC - I. interní kardioangiologická klinika, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity a Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny, Brno, Česká republika

Keywords: Elektrofyziologické vyšetření; Elevace úseku ST; Hypotenze; Komplikace; Transseptální punkce

Received: February 28, 2012; Revised: April 19, 2012; Accepted: April 21, 2012; Published: July 1, 2012  Show citation

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Lehar F, Stárek Z, Groch L, Wolf J, Novák M. Signs of hemodynamically significant myocardial ischemia as a complication of transseptal puncture in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Cor Vasa. 2012;54(7-8):e264-269. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.04.004.
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