Effect of radiofrequency ablation on atrial mechanical function in patients with atrial flutter

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 420-425

  Welch, Patrick J ^a   Afridi, Imran ^a   Joglar, Jose A ^a   Sheehan, Clifford J ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason D ^a   Abraham, Theodore P ^a   Page, Richard L ^a   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033566583     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00348-3     Document Type: Article

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