Can we cure atrial flutter with radiofrequency ablation in an hour?;Je možné vyléčit typický flutter síní radiofrekvenční ablací do jedné hodiny?

Vnitrni Lekarstvi

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-136

  Stárek, Zdeněk ^a   Zaoral, L ^a   Leinveber, P ^a   Haman, L ^b   Csanadi Z ^c   Herman D ^d  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Common atrial flutter; Irrigated tip catheter; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644902374     PISSN: 0042773X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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