Radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular junction and pacemaker implantation versus modulation of atrioventricular conduction in drug refractory atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1437-1442

  Proclemer, Alessandro ^a   Della Bella, Paolo ^b   Tondo, Claudio ^b   Facchin, Domenico ^a   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^b   Riva, Stefania ^b   Fioretti, Paolo ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Institute of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033562885     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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