Effects of radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter in patients with and without a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation;Effetti dell'ablazione di flutter atriale in pazienti con e senza storia clinica di fibrillazione atriale parossistica

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1253-1260

  De Sisti, Antonio ^a,c   Leclercq, Jean Francois ^b   Fiorello, Pierre ^b   Palamara, Antonio ^a   Attuel, Patrick ^b  

^a SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or   (France)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Radiofrequency; Transcatheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031787570     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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