Results of radiofrequency ablation of the atrioventricular junction in patients with refractory atrial arrhythmias and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction;Resultats de l'ablation de la jonction auriculoventriculaire par radiofrequence chez des patients en arythmie auriculaire refractaire presentant une alteration severe de la fonction systolique ventriculaire gauche

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1255-1262

  Dupuis, J M ^b   Victor, J ^b   Le Davay, M ^b   Asfar, P ^b   Pezard P ^b   Tadei, A ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030776714     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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