We report on a case of intractable recurrent ventricular fibrillation that responded poorly to antiarrhythmic medication and balloon angioplasty, but resolved instantaneously fol- lowing intracoronary stenting.
Acute myocardial infarction—A late complication of intracoronary stent placement
✍ Scribed by Haim D. Danenberg; Chaim Lotan; Yonathan Hasin; Mervyn S. Gotsman; Yoseph Rozenman
- Book ID
- 112065366
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-9289
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