Acute and long-term outcome of cryoablation therapy of typical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1077-1082

  Bastani, Hamid ^a   Schwieler, Jonas ^a   Insulander, Per ^a   Tabrizi, Fariborz ^a   Braunschweig, Frieder ^a   Kennebäck, Göran ^a   Drca, Nikola ^a   Sadigh, Bita ^a   Jensen Urstad, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; AV nodal reentrant tachycardia; Cryoablation; Cryomapping; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649090731     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup177     Document Type: Article

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