Evolving electroanatomic substrate and intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia late after Fontan surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-345

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

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; catheter ablation; congenital heart defects; electroanatomic mapping; Fontan procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRAATRIAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860190264     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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