Sustained high quality of life in a 5-year long term follow-up after successful ablation for supra-ventricular tachycardia. Results from a large retrospective patient cohort

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-36

  Meissner, Axel ^a   Stifoudi, Irini ^a   Weismüller, Peter ^b   Schrage, Max Olav ^a   Maagh, Petra ^a   Christ, Martin ^a   Butz, Thomas ^a   Trappe, Hans Joachim ^a   Plehn, Gunnar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b General Hospital of Hagen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrium; Quality of life; Radio frequency; SVT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATRIO VENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; ATRIO VENTRICULAR REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 60049095572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.28     Document Type: Article

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