Mechanism of atrial flutter occurring late after orthotopic heart transplantation with atrio-atrial anastomosis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 412-420

  Marine, Joseph E ^a   Schuger, Claudio D ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Kalahasty, Gautham ^a   Arnaldo, Fabian ^a   Czerska, Barbara ^a   Krishnan, Subramaniam C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Heart transplantation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 18844396674     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.40019.x     Document Type: Article

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