Atrial fibrillation termination as a procedural endpoint during ablation in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1216-1223

  Elayi, Claude S ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^b,c,d   Barrett, Conor ^e   Ching, Chi Keong ^f   Aly, Moataz Al ^g   Lucciola, Maria ^h   Bai, Rong ⁱ   Horton, Rodney ^b   Fahmy, Tamer S ^g   Verma, Atul ^j   Khaykin, Yaariv ^j   Shah, Jignesh ^a   Morales, Gustavo ^a   Hongo, Richard ^k   Hao, Steven ^k   Beheiry, Salwa ^k   Arruda, Mauricio ^l   Schweikert, Robert A ^m   Cummings, Jennifer ^m   Burkhardt, J David ^b   Wang, Paul ⁿ   Al Ahmad, Amin ⁿ   Cauchemez, Bruno ^o   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^h   Natale, Andrea ^b,d,k,n   more..

^a University of Lexington   (United States)

^b Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^j SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^k CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Akron General Hospital   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Ambroise Pare Clinic   (France)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Atrial fibrillation termination; Complex fragmented atrial electrograms; Persistent atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956229544     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.01.038     Document Type: Article

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