Catheter ablation of inducible atrial flutter, in combination with atrial pacing and antiarrhythmic drugs ("hybrid therapy") improves rhythm control in patients with refractory atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-172

  Prakash, Atul ^a   Saksena, Sanjeev ^a   Krol, Ryszard B ^a   Filipecki, Artur ^a   Philip, George ^a  

^a Atlantic Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Hybrid therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036263586     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015319618049     Document Type: Article

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