Routine echocardiography after radiofrequency ablation: To flog a dead horse?

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-157

  Schaer, Beat Andreas ^a   Maurer, Annette ^a   Sticherling, Christian ^a   Buser, Peter T ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pericardial effusion; Radiofrequency ablation; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449100665     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun360     Document Type: Article

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