Cavotricuspid isthmus angiography predicts atrial flutter ablation efficacy in 281 patients randomized between 8 mm- and externally irrigated-tip catheter

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1833-1840

  Da Costa, Antoine ^a   Romeyer Bouchard, Cécile ^a   Dauphinot, Virginie ^b   Lipp, Damien ^a   Abdellaoui, Loucif ^a   Messier, Marc ^c   Thévenin, Jérôme ^a   Barthélémy, Jean Claude ^b   Isaaz, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Angiography; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Externally cooled tip catheter; Large tip catheter; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33748036367     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl121     Document Type: Article

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