A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of electroanatomic circumferential pulmonary vein ablation supplemented by ablation of complex: Fractionated atrial electrograms versus potential-guided pulmonary vein antrum Isolation guided by intracardiac ultrasound

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-487

  Khaykin, Yaariv ^a   Skanes, Allan ^b   Champagne, Jean ^c   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^d   Gula, Lorne ^b   Rossillo, Antonio ^d   Bonso, Aldo ^d   Raviele, Antonio ^d   Morillo, Carlos A ^e   Verma, Atul ^a   Wulffhart, Zaev ^a   Martin, David O ^f   Natale, Andrea ^g  

^a SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549162804     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.848978     Document Type: Article

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