Ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in the elderly: Results from the German Ablation Registry

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 981-987

  Hoffmann, Boris A ^a   Brachmann, Johannes ^b   Andresen, Dietrich ^c   Eckardt, Lars ^d   Hoffmann, Ellen ^e   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^f   Schumacher, Burghard ^g   Spitzer, Stefan G ^h   Schirdewahn, Petra ⁱ   Tebbenjohanns, Jürgen ^j   Horack, Martin ^k   Senges, Jochen ^k   Salukhe, Tushar V ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g Department of Cardiology   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

ⁱ MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^j Department of Cardiology   (Germany)

^k Institute for Research in Myocardial Infarction   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Complications; Efficacy; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959988366     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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