Clinical Predictors of Termination and Clinical Outcome of Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 788-795

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Bevilacqua, Michela ^a   Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Arantes, Leonardo ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Platonov, Pyotr G ^b   Carlson, Jonas ^b   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; predictor

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68649096151     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.081     Document Type: Article

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