New-onset atrial fibrillation after cavotricuspid isthmus ablation: Identification of advanced interatrial block is key

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1289-1293

  Enriquez, Andres ^a   Sarrias, Axel ^b   Villuendas, Roger ^b,c   Ali, Fariha Sadiq ^a   Conde, Diego ^d   Hopman, Wilma M ^a   Redfearn, Damian P ^a   Michael, Kevin ^a   Simpson, Christopher ^a   De Luna, Antoni Bayés ^c,e,f   Bayés Genís, Antoni ^b,c   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e ICCC St Pau Hospital   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Cavotricuspid isthmus ablation; Interatrial block

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADVANCED INTERATRIAL BLOCK; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS ABLATION; CHADS2 SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; P WAVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928629826     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu379     Document Type: Article

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