A randomized trial to compare atrial fibrillation ablation using a steerable vs. a non-steerable sheath

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-575

  Rajappan, Kim ^a   Baker, Victoria ^a   Richmond, Laura ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a   Thomas, Glyn ^a   Redpath, Calum ^a   Sporton, Simon C ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Harris, Stuart ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Sheath technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66749132048     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup069     Document Type: Article

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