A critical decrease in dominant frequency and clinical outcome after catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-302

  Yoshida, Kentaro ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^a   Myles, James ^b   Veerareddy, Srikar ^a   Billakanty, Sreedhar ^a   Wong, Wai S ^a   Ebinger, Matthew ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Dominant frequency; Endpoint

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTRAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76849083177     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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