Sinus rhythm restoration by catheter ablation in patients with long-lasting atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure: impact of the left ventricular ejection fraction improvement on the implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion indication

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1018-1023

  Bortone, Agustín ^a   Boveda, Serge ^b   Pasquié, Jean Luc ^c   Pujadas Berthault, Pénélope ^a   Marijon, Eloi ^b   Appetiti, Anthony ^d   Albenque, Jean Paul ^b  

^a Hopital Prive Les Franciscaines   (France)

^b CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator; Catheter ablation; Congestive heart failure; Implantable; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Long lasting atrial fibrillation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68649120016     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup167     Document Type: Article

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