Clinical outcome of left atrial ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is related to the extent of radiofrequency ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-37

  Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b   Giazitzoglou, Eleftherios ^a   Sougiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Paxinos, George ^a   Fragakis, Nicolaos ^a   Camm, A John ^c  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Antral; Atrial fibrillation; Circumferential; Ostial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 44749084243     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9247-9     Document Type: Article

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