Radiofrequency ablation in children and adolescents: Results in 154 consecutive patients

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 323-329

  Nielsen, Jens Cosedis ^a,b   Kottkamp, Hans ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Gerds Li, Jin Hong ^a   Tanner, Hildegard ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; CARTO; Children; Fluoroscopy; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BOY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745382014     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul021     Document Type: Review

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