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Severe coronary artery spasm during radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

Keiichi Hishikari1, Taishi Kuwahara2, Atsushi Takahashi2

  • 1Cardiovascular Center, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

International Journal of Cardiology
|February 11, 2014
PubMed
Abstract

No abstract available in PubMed .

Keywords:
AcetylcholineAtrial fibrillationCatheter ablationComplicationST-segment elevationVasospasm

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