Mechanisms of postoperative atrial tachycardia following biatrial surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in relation to the surgical lesion sets

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1059-1065

  Takahashi, Kenta ^a   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^a   Hayashi, Meiso ^a   Iwasaki, Yu Ki ^a   Yodogawa, Kenji ^a   Tsuboi, Ippei ^a   Hayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Oka, Eiichiro ^a   Ito Hagiwara, Kanako ^a   Fujimoto, Yuhi ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Cut and sew; Macroreentry; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIATRIAL SURGICAL ABLATION; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SINUS NODE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CRYOSURGERY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959559020     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.12.033     Document Type: Article

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