Ten year follow-up after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in the early days forever cured, or a source for new arrhythmias?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1302-1309

  Kimman, G P ^a   Bogaard, M D ^a   Van Hemel, N M ^b   Van Dessel, P F H M ^c   Jessurun, E R ^d   Boersma, L V A ^a   Wever, E F D ^a   Theuns, D A M J ^e   Jordaens, L J ^e  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b AZN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Long term follow up; Proarrhythmia; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOLOGIST; CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33645088220     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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