Efficacy and late recurrences with wide electrical pulmonary vein isolation for persistent and permanent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1129-1133

  Seow, Swee Chong ^a,b   Lim, Toon Wei ^a   Koay, Choon Hiang ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia recurrences; Atrial fibrillation; Efficacy; Persistent; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART FUNCTION TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK FACTOR; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849086888     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum219     Document Type: Article

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