Characterization, mapping, and catheter ablation of recurrent atrial tachycardias after stepwise ablation of long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Rostock, Thomas ^a   Drewitz, Imke ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Hoffmann, Boris A ^a   Salukhe, Tushar V ^a   Bock, Karsten ^a   Servatius, Helge ^a   Aydin, Muhammet Ali ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Mapping; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951913218     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.899021     Document Type: Article

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