Relation between left atrial size and secondary atrial arrhythmias after successful catheter ablation of common atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12 I, 1997, Pages 2936-2942

  Frey, Bernhard ^a   Kreiner, Gerhard ^a   Binder, Thomas ^a   Heinz, Gottfried ^a   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a   Gössinger, Heinz D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031464460     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05463.x     Document Type: Article

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