Ablation of atrial tachycardias with radiofrequency current after surgical repair of complex congenital heart defects

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 268-277

  Papagiannis, John ^a   Maounis, Themistoklis ^a   Laskari, Cleo ^a   Theodorakis, George N ^a   Rammos, Spyridon ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Single ventricle; Tetralogy of Fallot; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; DIGOXIN; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CYCLE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 37749013701     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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