Radiofrequency ablation of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation: An observational study comparing 'ablate and pace' with pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1085-1090

  Proclemer, Alessandro ^a   Allocca, Giuseppe ^a   Gregori, Dario ^c   Bonanno, Carlo ^b   Ometto, Renato ^b   Fontanelli, Alessandro ^b   Mantovan, Roberto ^b   Crosato, Martino ^b   Calzolari, Vittorio ^b   Pavoni, Daisy ^a   Facchin, Domenico ^a   Rebellato, Luca ^a   Fioretti, Paolo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablate and pace; Drug refractory atrial fibrillation; Isolation of the pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249083381     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun197     Document Type: Article

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