Clinical application of electroanatomical mapping in the characterization of "incisional" atrial tachycardias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 420-425

  Peichl, Petr ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a   Čihák, Robert ^a   Vančura, Vlastimil ^a   Bytešník, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Congenital heart disease; Incisional atrial tachycardia; Reentrant tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCISIONAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; MALE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037250356     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00062.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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