Catheter ablation of scar-related atypical atrial flutter

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 414-419

  Coffey, James O ^a   D'avila, Andre ^a   Dukkipati, Srinivas ^a   Danik, Stephan B ^b   Gangireddy, Sandeep R ^a   Koruth, Jacob S ^a   Miller, Marc A ^a   Sager, Solomon J ^c   Eggert, Charles A ^d   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Long term results; Multielectrode mapping; Scar related atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DENSITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874399181     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus312     Document Type: Article

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