Common atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are not always two stages of the same disease. A long-term follow-up study in patients with atrial flutter treated with cavo-tricuspid isthmus ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 800-805

  Delise, Pietro ^a,b   Sitta, Nadir ^a   Corò, Leonardo ^a   Marras, Elena ^a   Sciarra, Luigi ^a   Bocchino, Manuela ^a   Berton, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33750357226     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000250867.33036.fc     Document Type: Article

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