Acute and long-term outcome of transvenous cryothermal catheter ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias involving the perinodal region

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 785-792

  Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a,c   Montefusco, Antonio ^a   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a,b   Scaglione, Marco ^a   Grossi, Stefano ^b   Caponi, Domenico ^a   Caruzzo, Enrico ^b   Giustetto, Carla ^a   Bocchiardo, Mario ^a   Donna, Paolo Di ^a  

^a Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CARDINAL MASSAIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Supraventricular tachycardia; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART BLOCK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750305847     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000250865.25413.44     Document Type: Article

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