Incidence, characteristics, and outcome of left atrial tachycardias after circumferential antral ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1660-1666

  Wasmer, Kristina ^a   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Bittner, Alex ^a   Dechering, Dirk ^a   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Milberg, Peter ^a   Köbe, Julia ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Left atrial tachycardia; Outcome; Post PVI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866743208     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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