Outcome of ablation for sustained focal atrial tachycardia in patients with and without a history of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-43

  Reithmann, Christopher ^a   Dorwarth, Uwe ^a   Fiek, Michael ^a   Matis, Tomas ^a   Remp, Thomas ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a   Hoffmann, Ellen ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644411468     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-5839-9     Document Type: Article

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