Single procedure efficacy of isolating all versus arrhythmogenic pulmonary veins on long-term control of atrial fibrillation: A prospective randomized study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-181

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Russo, Andrea M ^a   Kimmel, Stephen E ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Lin, David ^a   Verdino, Ralph J ^a   Patel, Vickas V ^a   Zado, Erica ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649117313     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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