Atrial arrhythmias following surgical AF ablation: Electrophysiological findings, ablation strategies, and clinical outcome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 725-738

  Huo, Yan ^a   Schoenbauer, Robert ^b   Richter, Sergio ^b   Rolf, Sascha ^b   Sommer, Philipp ^b   Arya, Arash ^b   Rastan, Ardawan ^c   Doll, Nicolas ^d   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^b   Hindricks, Gerhard ^b   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^c Department of Cardiac Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^d SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; atrial tachycardia; catheter ablation; surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DRONEDARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904473937     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12406     Document Type: Article

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