Prevalence, mechanisms, and clinical significance of macroreentrant atrial tachycardia during and following left atrial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 464-471

  Chugh, Aman ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Lemola, Kristina ^a   Hall, Burr ^a   Cheung, Peter ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Proarrhythmia; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REMISSION; RETREATMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 20244364397     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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