Catheter ablation of atrial flutter after orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1366-1370

  Heist, E Kevin ^a   Doshi, Shephal K ^a   Singh, Jagmeet P ^a   Di Salvo, Thomas ^a   Semigran, Marc J ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a   Keane, David ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Heart transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10944222019     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04440.x     Document Type: Article

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