Transbaffle catheter ablation of atrial re-entrant tachycardia within the pulmonary venous atrium in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Europace

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1055-1060

  Krause, Ulrich ^a   Backhoff, David ^a   Klehs, Sophia ^a   Schneider, Heike E ^a   Paul, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial re entrant tachycardia; Atrial switch procedure; Catheter ablation; Fontan; Pulmonary venous atrium; Transbaffle access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL RE ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; INTERATRIAL SEPTUM; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VENOUS ATRIUM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSBAFFLE ACCESS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; GERMANY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GERMANY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983611308     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv295     Document Type: Article

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