A prospective, multicenter evaluation of ablating complex fractionated electrograms (CFEs) during atrial fibrillation (AF) identified by an automated mapping algorithm: Acute effects on AF and efficacy as an adjuvant strategy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-205

  Verma, Atul ^a   Novak, Paul ^b   Macle, Laurent ^c   Whaley, Bonnie ^a   Beardsall, Marianne ^a   Wulffhart, Zaev ^a   Khaykin, Yaariv ^a  

^a SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Automated mapping; Fractionated electrograms

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 38649111069     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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