Treatment of macro-re-entrant atrial tachycardia based on electroanatomic mapping: Identification and ablation of the mid-diastolic isthmus

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 449-457

  De Ponti, Roberto ^a   Verlato, Roberto ^b   Bertaglia, Emanuele ^c   Del Greco, Maurizio ^d   Fusco, Antonio ^e   Bottoni, Nicola ^f   Drago, Fabrizio ^g   Sciarra, Luigi ^h   Ometto, Renato ⁱ   Mantovan, Roberto ^j   Salerno Uriarte, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^c Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing Unit   (Italy)

^d SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Presidio Ospedaliero ULSS22   (Italy)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Ospedale di Conegliano Veneto   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Catheter ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias; Electroanatomic mapping; Macro re entrant atrial tachycardia; Macro re entry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 34547881506     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum055     Document Type: Article

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