Atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter: Preventive effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and diuretics

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1025-1030

  Anne W ^b   Willems, R ^a   Van Der Merwe, M ^a   Van De Werf, F ^a   Ector, H ^a   Heidbuchel H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Inst Prom Innov Sci and Technol   (Belgium)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLONIDINE; DIGITALIS; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MOXONIDINE; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344581453     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.023069     Document Type: Article

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