Atrial fibrillation ablation strategies for paroxysmal patients randomized comparison between different techniques

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Elayi, Claude S ^c   Fahmy, Tamer S ^h,m   Martin, David O ^d   Ching, Chi Keong ^k   Barrett, Conor ⁿ   Bai, Rong ^o   Patel, Dimpi ^a   Khaykin, Yaariv ^f   Hongo, Richard ^e   Hao, Steven ^e   Beheiry, Salwa ^e   Pelargonio, Gemma ^g   Russo, Antonio Dello ^g   Casella, Michela ^g   Santarelli, Pietro ^g   Potenza, Domenico ⁱ   Fanelli, Raffaele ⁱ   Massaro, Raimondo ⁱ   Wang, Paul ^j   Al Ahmad, Amin ^j   Arruda, Mauricio ^l   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^h   Bonso, Aldo ^h   Rossillo, Antonio ^h   Raviele, Antonio ^h   Schweikert, Robert A ^p   Burkhardt, David J ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,j,l   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b   more..

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Sutter Pacific Heart Centers   (United States)

^f SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

ⁱ CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^l CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁿ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^p Akron General Hospital   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms or defragmentation; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein antrum isolation; Radiofrequency; Randomized study

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349239372     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.798447     Document Type: Article

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