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South Africa is a country in political and cultural flux. Because of the iniquitous system of apartheid, inequalities have been perpetuated at all levels including health care. Due to the high prevalence of ischemic heart disease and rheumatic heart disease, coronary angiography, PTCA, intracoronary stenting, and balloon valvuloplasty have become established cardiological procedures in South Africa. However, a new political dispensation promises changes to health care, which will impact on interventional cardiology. With a proposed emphasis on primary health care, resources for tertiary health care will probably be curtailed. Thus consideration will have to be given to reducing expenditure by careful review of indications for expensive interventional procedures and developing new ideas to contain costs. This will be the challenge facing cardiologists in a “New South Africa

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00513.x

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00514.x

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00515.x

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年代:1995

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Catheter ablation of septal accessory pathways in preexcitation syndrome is associated with special problems because of the risk of impairment of atrioventricular nodal conduction during ablation of anteroseptal and midseptal pathways. The complex morphology of the posteroseptal space has special problems for ablation with unclear location of the ablation catheter in the left or right atrial or ventricular cavum, in the coronary sinus, ventricular veins, or the neck of a coronary sinus diverticulum. Therefore, the visualization of the pyramidal space using echocardiographic investigations before the ablation procedure and retrograde coronary sinus phlebography during the ablation session has proven to be very helpful in placement of the electrode to the successful position. Reported herein are the techniques, results, and problems of radiofrequency ablation of 30 patients with septal accessory pathways compared to published data.

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00516.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00517.x

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00518.x

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00519.x

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00520.x

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Book review in this ArticleCardiology and Co‐existing Disease, Edited by Elliot Rapaport, M.D. Churchill LivingstoneCardiology and Co‐Existing Disease. Edited by Elliot RapaportImplantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Edited by Igor SingerSudden Cardiac Death. By Sidney Goldstein, Antonio Bayes‐de‐Luna, and J. Guindo‐SoldevillaAtrial Fibrillation: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies. Edited by S. Bertil Olsson, Maurits A. Allessie, and Ronnie W. F. CampbellClinical Cardiology in the Elderly. Edited by Elliot CheslerIon Channels in the Cardiovascular System: Function and Dysfunction. Edited by Peter M. Spooner and Arthur M. Brown with William A. Catterall, Gregory J. Kaczorowski, Harold C. StraussBeta‐blockers in Clinical Practice. By J. M. Cruickshank and B. N. C. PrichardCurrent Advances in ACE Inhibition 3. Edited by Graham A. MacGregor and Peter S. SeverAntiarrhythmic Therapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. By Members of the Sicilian GambitPharmacology and Management of Hypertension. Edited by William M. Bennett and David A. McCarronThe Future of Cardiology, the Master Strategic Plan. By John Goodman and Conrad VernonTranscatheter Therapy in Pediatric Cardiology. Edited by P. Syamasunder RaoCatheter Ablation of Arrhythmias. Edited by Doug

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00521.x

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DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00522.x

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年代:1995

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