Peri-mitral atrial flutter in patients with atrial fibrillation ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a,b   Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^a   Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Arantes, Leonardo ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mitral isthmus; Peri mitral atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIMITRAL ATRIAL FLUTTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72449199610     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.09.067     Document Type: Article

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