Atrial flutter in the recipient atrium induced by premature beats arising from the donor atrium 10 years after orthotopic heart transplantation

Europace

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-279

  Li, Y G ^a   Bender, B ^a   Gronefeld G ^a   Hohnloser, S H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Heart transplantation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033207010     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0058     Document Type: Article

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