Very long-term results of electroanatomic-guided radiofrequency ablation of atrial arrhythmias in patients with surgically corrected atrial septal defect

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1800-1807

  Scaglione, Marco ^a   Caponi, Domenico ^a   Ebrille, Elisa ^b   Di Donna, Paolo ^a   Di Clemente, Francesca ^a   Battaglia, Alberto ^b   Raimondo, Cristina ^b   Appendino, Manuela ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b  

^a CARDINAL MASSAIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial septal defect; Incisional tachycardias; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928309827     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu076     Document Type: Article

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