Long-term outcome following ablation of atrial flutter occurring late after atrial septal defect repair

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-435

  Teh, Andrew W ^a,b   Medi, Caroline ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Rosso, Raphael ^a,b   Sparks, Paul B ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Kistler, Peter M ^c   Halloran, Karen ^a,b   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial septal defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953768924     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.03005.x     Document Type: Article

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