Recovery of mitral isthmus conduction leads to the development of macro-reentrant tachycardia after left atrial linear ablation for atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 832-837

  Sawhney, Navinder ^a   Anand, Kislay ^a   Robertson, Clare E ^a   Wurdeman, Taylor ^a   Anousheh, Ramtin ^a   Feld, Gregory K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atypical atrial flutter; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL LINEAR ABLATION; LEFT ATRIAL MACRO REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ISTHMUS; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALIFORNIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857083513     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964817     Document Type: Article

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