Atrial fibrillation is common after ablation of isolated atrial flutter during long-term follow-up

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1029-1033

  Chinitz, Jason S ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Callans, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547412140     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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