Long-term ECG monitoring using an implantable loop recorder for the detection of atrial fibrillation after cavotricuspid isthmus ablation in patients with atrial flutter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1598-1604

  Mittal, Suneet ^a,b   Pokushalov, Evgeny ^c   Romanov, Alexander ^c   Ferrara, Martha ^a,b   Arshad, Aysha ^a,b   Musat, Dan ^a,b   Preminger, Mark ^a,b   Sichrovsky, Tina ^a,b   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^a,b  

^a VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Implantable loop recorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS ABLATION; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CTI; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC; ILR; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PPV;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84887019501     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.044     Document Type: Article

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