Prevention of Atrial Flutter With Cryoablation May Be Proarrhythmogenic

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1717-1723

  Lukac, Peter ^a   Hjortdal, Vibeke E ^a   Pedersen, Anders K ^a   Mortensen, Peter T ^a   Jensen, Henrik K ^a   Hansen, Peter S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247275142     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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