Does electrogram guided substrate ablation add to the success of pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation? A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 514-521

  Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a,c   Estner, Heidi ^a   Reents, Tilko ^a   Fichtner, Stephanie ^a   Bauer, Axel ^a   Wu, Jinjin ^a   Kolb, Christof ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a,b   Hessling, Gabriele ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b II Med Klinik   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrogram; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Randomized study; Substrate modification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349098789     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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