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Research on angiology discussed by scientists at Queen's University

Published in Blood Weekly, September 24th, 2009

"A 59 year old patient with drug refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) was referred for a pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). He complained of severe chest pain during the procedure," researchers in Kingston, Canada report.

"Subtle ST segment elevation was noted in the high lateral territory (I & aVL). He had no risk factors for coronary artery disease. The event occurred prior to any ablation within the left atrium (LA). He was haemodynamically stable (159/95 mmHg) and a pericardial effusion was excluded with transthoracic echocardiography. A coronary angiogram showed focal occlusion within a distal branch of the 1st diagonal," wrote K.A. Michael and colleagues,...

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