Early identification and treatment of PV re-connections: Role of observation time and impact on clinical results of atrial fibrillation ablation

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Wang, Xin Hua ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Sun, Yu Min ^a   Gu, Jia Ning ^a   Shi, Hai Feng ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Hu, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547898026     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum101     Document Type: Article

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