Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of automatic atrial tachycardia with regression of the cardiomyopathy picture

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4 I, 1997, Pages 953-959

  Chiladakis, John A ^a   Vassilikos, Vassilis P ^b   Maounis, Themistoclis N ^b   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^b   Manolis, Antonis S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c FESC   (Greece)

Author keywords

automatic atrial tachycardia; cardiomyopathy; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030897579     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05499.x     Document Type: Article

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