Ablate and pace revisited: Long term survival and predictors of permanent atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1035-1038

  Queiroga, A ^b   Marshall, H J ^b   Clune, M ^b   Gammage, Michael D ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0042328307     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.9.1035     Document Type: Article

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