Predictors of very late recurrence of atrial fibrillation after circumferential pulmonary vein ablation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 463-468

  Ma, Changsheng ^a   Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Long, Deyong ^a   Tang, Ribo ^a   Zheng, Bin ^a   Kang, Junping ^a   Yu, Ronghui ^a   Tian, Ying ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

AMIODARONE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPAFENONE; WARFARIN;

EID: 56349146198     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20340     Document Type: Article

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