Proarrhythmic effects of atrial fibrillation ablation techniques

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 211-217

  Giazitzoglou, Eleftherios ^a   Korovesis, Socrates ^a   Karvouni, Evangelia ^a   Paxinos, George ^a   Kourlaba, Georgia ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Flutter; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448931089     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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