Quality of life and occurrence of atrial fibrillation in long-term follow-up of common type atrial flutter ablation: Ablation with irrigated 5 mm tip and conventional 8 mm tip electrodes

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 794-802

  Meissner, Axel ^a   Christ, Martin ^a   Maagh, Petra ^a   Borchard, Rolf ^a   Van Bracht, Marc ^a   Wickenbrock, Ingo ^a   Trappe, Hans Joachim ^a   Plehn, Gunnar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENPROCOUMON; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748935072     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0559-z     Document Type: Article

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