Impact of Age on the Outcome of Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation Using Circular Mapping Technique and Cooled-Tip Ablation Catheter: A Retrospective Analysis

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-13

  Bhargava, Mandeep ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Martin, David O ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Saad, Eduardo B ^a   Bash, Dianna ^a   Williams Andrews, Michelle ^a   Rossillo, Antonio ^a   Erciyes, Demet ^a   Khaykin, Yaariv ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Joseph, George ^a   Tchou, Patrick J ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,b  

^a Center for Atrial Fibrillation   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Age; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SAFETY; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10744221672     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03266.x     Document Type: Article

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