Prospective randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic therapy versus first- line radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial flutter

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1898-1904

  Natale, Andrea ^a   Newby, Keith H ^a,b   Pisanó, Ennio ^a,b   Leonelli, Fabio ^a,b   Fanelli, Raffaele ^a,b   Potenza, Domenico ^a,b   Beheiry, Salwa ^a,b   Tomassoni, Gery ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; ISOPRENALINE; METOPROLOL; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0034035737     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00635-5     Document Type: Article

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