Left atrial 'stunning' following radiofrequency catheter ablation of chronic atrial flutter

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 468-475

  Sparks, Paul B ^a   Jayaprakash, Shenthar ^a   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a   Mond, Harry G ^a   Yapanis, Anthony G ^a   Grigg, Leeanne E ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032145581     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00253-8     Document Type: Article

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