Recovery of cardiac function after ablation of atrial tachycardia arising from the tricuspid annulus

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 652-657

  Calò, Leonardo ^a,d   Sciarra, Luigi ^b   Scioli, Roberto ^c   Lamberti, Filippo ^a   Loricchio, Maria Luisa ^a   Pandozi, Claudio ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Tachycardiomyopathy; Transcatheter ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33644700540     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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