Quality of life improvement after radiofrequency catheter ablation of outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias in patients with structurally normal hearts

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Pytkowski, Mariusz ^a   Maciag, Aleksander ^a   Jankowska, Agnieszka ^a   Kowalik, Ilona ^a   Kraska, Alicja ^a   Farkowski, Michal M ^a,c   Golicki, Dominik ^b   Szwed, Hanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Agency for Health Technology Assessment   (Poland)

Author keywords

Normal heart ventricular arrhythmias; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862130325     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ac.67.2.2154205     Document Type: Article

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