Is circumferential pulmonary vein isolation preferable to stepwise segmental pulmonary vein isolation for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation? A randomized study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1392-1397

  Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Long, Deyong ^a   Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Hu, Fuli ^a   Yu, Ronghui ^a   Tang, Ribo ^a   Fang, Dongping ^a   Hao, Peng ^a   Lu, Chunshan ^a   Liu, Xiaoqing ^a   He, Xiaokui ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Ma, Changsheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROPAFENONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPAFENONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 33750579076     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1392     Document Type: Article

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