Catheter ablation of regular atrial arrhythmia following surgical treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-24

  Deneke, Thomas ^a   Khargi, Krishna ^b   Grewe, Peter H ^a   Calcum, Bernd ^a   Laczkovics, Axel ^b   Keyhan Falsafi, Ali ^b   Mügge, Andreas ^a   Lawo, Thomas ^a   Lemke, Bernd ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Bergmannsheil Bochum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation surgery; Electroanatomic mapping; Mechanism; Radiofrequency ablation; Secondary regular atrial tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645097405     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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