Outcome of intra-atrial re-entrant tachycardia catheter ablation in adults with congenital heart disease: Negative impact of age and complex atrial surgery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1589-1596

  Yap, Sing Chien ^a,b   Harris, Louise ^a   Silversides, Candice K ^a   Downar, Eugene ^a   Chauhan, Vijay S ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; ASD; atrial septal defect; cavotricuspid isthmus; CHD; CI; confidence interval; congenital heart disease; CTI; IART; intra atrial re entrant tachycardia; radiofrequency; radiofrequency catheter ablation; RF; RFCA; tetralogy of Fallot; TOF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRA ATRIAL RE ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049337986     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.061     Document Type: Article

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