Value of different follow-up strategies to assess the efficacy of circumferential pulmonary vein ablation for the curative treatment of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1286-1292

  Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Kottkamp, Hans ^a   Tanner, Hildegard ^a   Kobza, Richard ^a   Nielsen, Jens Cosedis ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 day Holter; Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Follow up; Transtelephonic ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644864507     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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