Outcomes of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: A systematic review

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-846

  Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Stiles, Martin K ^b   Laborderie, Julien ^a   Lau, Dennis H ^a   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Shipp, Nicholas J ^a   Hsu, Li Fern ^c   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Long standing persistent atrial fibrillation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM ABLATION; DISEASE DURATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ABLATION; LINEAR SUBSTRATE ABLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTERIOR WALL ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ABLATION; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ABLATION WITH ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STEPWISE ABLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952573158     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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