Acute and long-term efficacy and safety of catheter cryoablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus for treatment of type 1 atrial flutter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1009-1014

  Feld, Gregory K ^a   Daubert, James P ^b   Weiss, Raul ^c   Miles, William M ^d   Pelkey, William ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Southwest Florida Heart Group   (United States)

^e CryoCor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Cryoablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER TYPE 1; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 46349096694     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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