Catheter ablation of long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation: Clinical outcome and mechanisms of subsequent arrhythmias

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1138-1147

  Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Sacher, Frederic ^b   Rotter, Martin ^b   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^b   Rostock, Thomas ^b   Hsu, Li Fern ^b   Bordachar, Pierre ^b   Reuter, Sylvain ^b   Roudaut, Raymond ^b   Clémenty, Jacques ^b   Jaïs, Pierre ^b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644788381     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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