Wolff-Parkinson-White ablation after a prior failure: A 7-year multicentre experience

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-841

  Sacher, Frederic ^a,b   Wright, Matthew ^a,c   Tedrow, Usha B ^b   O'neill, Mark D ^a,c   Jais, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Macdonald, Rosie ^c   Davies, D Wyn ^c   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^c   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Epstein, Laurence ^b   Peters, Nicholas S ^c   Stevenson, William G ^b   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Failed ablation; WPW

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953015337     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq050     Document Type: Article

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