Recurrence of pulmonary vein conduction and atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: A randomized trial of the ostial versus the extraostial ablation strategy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537.e1-537.e8

  Nilsson, Brian ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Pehrson, Steen ^a   Køber, Lars ^a   Hilden, Jørgen ^b   Svendsen, Jesper H ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747158881     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.05.029     Document Type: Article

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