Ablation of atrial tachycardias after correction of complex congenital heart diseases: Utility of intracardiac echocardiography

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-53

  Peichl, Petr ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a   Gebauer, Roman ^b  

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

^b Pediatric Heart Center Motol   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Congenital heart diseases; Intracardiac ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149103582     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun316     Document Type: Article

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