Safety and efficacy of radiofrequency energy catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1309-1316

  Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^a   Patel, Dimpi ^a   Ryschon, Kay ^a   Bhateja, Rohit ^a   Bhakru, Mihir ^a   Thal, Sergio ^a   Verma, Atul ^a   Wazni, Oussama ^a   Kilicaslan, Fethi ^a   Kondur, Ashok ^a   Prasad, Subramanya ^a   Cummings, Jennifer ^a   Belden, William ^a   Burkhardt, David ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Schweikert, Robert ^a   Bhargava, Mandeep ^a   Chung, Mina ^a   Wilkoff, Bruce ^a   Tchou, Patrick ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a   more..

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial Fibrillation; Defibrillator; Efficacy; Pacemaker; Radiofrequency ablation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAFETY;

EID: 30344467577     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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