Electrogram-guided substrate ablation with or without pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1281-1287

  Estner, Heidi Luise ^a   Hessling, Gabriele ^a   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Wu, JinJin ^a   Reents, Tilko ^a   Fichtner, Stefanie ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^b   Bary, Christian V ^a   Kolb, Christof ^a   Karch, Martin ^b   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Persistent atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM ABLATION; ELECTROGRAM GUIDED SUBSTRATE ABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249125218     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun244     Document Type: Article

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