Radiofrequency ablation of atypical atrial flutter after cardiac surgery or atrial fibrillation ablation: A randomized comparison of open-irrigation-tip and 8-mm-tip catheters

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1489-1496

  Bai, Rong ^a,b,c   Fahmy, Tamer S ^a   Patel, Dimpi ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b   Riedlbauchova, Lucie ^a,d   Wazni, Oussama M ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (China)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atypical; Catheter ablation; Irrigation tip; Scar

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SURGERY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36549021484     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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