Regular atrial tachycardias developing after cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation: Incidence, characteristics, and predictors

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1710-1717

  Mikhaylov, Evgeny N ^a   Bhagwandien, Rohit ^b   Janse, Petter A ^b   Theuns, Dominic A M J ^b   Szili Torok, Tamas ^b  

^a ALMAZOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Cryoballoon ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER SHEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; CRYOCATHETER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; RECURRENCE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890448286     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut129     Document Type: Article

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