Atrial tachyarrhythmias after atrial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: Treating old surgery with new catheters

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1731-1738

  Houck, Charlotte A ^a   Teuwen, Christophe P ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^b   de Groot, Natasja M S ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablative therapy; Atrial tachyarrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Mustard operation; Senning operation; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; FOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REMOTE CONTROLLED MAGNETIC NAVIGATION ABLATION; RISK REDUCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECTOPIC ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; HEART ATRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 84971671388     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.03.046     Document Type: Article

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