Significance of late recurrence of atrial fibrillation during long-term follow-up after pulmonary vein isolation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Solheim, Eivind ^a   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Off, Morten Kristian ^a   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^a   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation recurrence; Pulmonary vein isolation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; ISOLATED ORGAN; LUNG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT MONITORING; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846302820     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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