Acute success and persistence of bidirectional conduction block in the cavotricuspid isthmus one month post cryocatheter ablation of common atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-152

  Kuniss, Malte ^a   Kurzidim, Klaus ^a   Greiss, Harald ^a   Berkowitsch, Alexander ^a   Sperzel, Johannes ^a   Hamm, Christian ^a   Pitschner, Heinz Friedrich ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Cryocatheter ablation; Inferior cavotricuspid isthmus; Persistence of conduction block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOCATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33645224259     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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