Late recurrence of atrial flutter following radiofrequency catheter ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12 I, 1997, Pages 2998-3001

  Cheema, Asim N ^a   Grais, Ira M ^a   Burke, John H ^a   Inbar, Shmuel ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031450430     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05474.x     Document Type: Article

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