Changes in atrial fibrillation cycle length and inducibility during catheter ablation and their relation to outcome

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3007-3013

  Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Hsu, Li Fern ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Scavée, Christophe ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Rotter, Martin ^a   Pasquié, Jean Luc ^a   Garrigue, Stéphane ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardioversion; Drugs; Electrophysiology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CYCLE LENGTH; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 2942514927     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000130645.95357.97     Document Type: Article

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