Catheter ablation of clinical intraatrial reentrant tachycardias resulting from previous atrial surgery: Localizing and transecting the critical isthmus

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 411-417

  Baker, Brett M ^a   Lindsay, Bruce D ^a   Bromberg, Burt I ^a   Frazier, David W ^a   Cain, Michael E ^a   Smith, Joseph M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030221040     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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