Additional left atrial septal line does not improve outcome of patients undergoing ablation for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Mikhaylov, Evgeny ^a   Gureev, Sergey ^a   Szili Torok, Tamas ^b   Lebedev, Dmitry ^a  

^a ALMAZOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Linear lesion; Persistent; Septum

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951594832     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.2.2047048     Document Type: Article

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