Primary closed cooled tip ablation of typical atrial flutter in comparison to conventional radiofrequency ablation

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-271

  Spitzer, Stefan G ^a   Karolyi, Laszlo ^a   Rämmler, Carola ^a   Otto, Tobias ^a  

^a Institute of Cardiovascular Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closed cooled ablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Typical atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERATOR; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036665059     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0240     Document Type: Article

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