Intracardiac echo-guided radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with atrial septal defect or patent foramen ovale repair: A feasibility, safety, and efficacy study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1137-1142

  Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^a   Rangisetty, Umamahesh ^b   Prasad, Subramanya ^c   Verma, Atul ^d   Biria, Mazda ^a   Berenbom, Loren ^a   Pimentel, Rhea ^a   Emert, Martin ^a   Rosamond, Thomas ^a   Fahmy, Tamer ^e   Patel, Dimpi ^e   Biase, Luigi Di ^e   Schweikert, Robert ^e   Burkhardt, David ^h   Natale, Andrea ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Florence Medical Group   (United States)

^d SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD devices; Atrial fibrillation; Intraatrial patches; Radiofrequency ablation; Transseptal catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRAL ISOLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55449126014     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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