Isthmus-dependent right atrial flutter as the leading cause of atrial tachycardias after surgical atrial septal defect repair

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2447-2452

  Wasmer, Kristina ^a   Köbe, Julia ^a   Dechering, Dirk G ^a   Bittner, Alex ^a   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Milberg, Peter ^a   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial flutter; Atrial septal defect repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISTHMUS DEPEDENT HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR SUTURE; AGED; COMPLICATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84885649881     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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