Long-term outcome following ablation of atrial tachycardias occurring after mitral valve replacement in patients with rheumatic heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 795-802

  Chen, Hongwu ^a   Yang, Bing ^a   Ju, Weizhu ^a   Zhang, Fengxiang ^a   Gu, Kai ^a   Li, Mingfang ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Cao, Kejiang ^a   Chen, Minglong ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial tachycardia; catheter ablation; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879691420     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12153     Document Type: Article

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