Low clinical recurrence and procedure benefits following treatment of common atrial flutter by electrogram-guided hot spot focal cryoablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Montenero, Annibale S ^a   Bruno, Nicola ^a   Antonelli, Andrea ^a   Mangiameli, Daniele ^a   Barbieri, Luca ^a   Zumbo, Francesco ^a   Andrew, Peter ^b  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^b aATLAS Medical Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter; Cryoablation; Electrogram; Focal; Isthmus; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744949875     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-8486-x     Document Type: Article

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