Atrial fibrillation cycle length is a sole independent predictor of a substrate for consecutive arrhythmias in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Drewitz, Imke ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Salukhe, Tushar V ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Hoffmann, Boris A ^a   Helge, Servatius ^a   Bock, Karsten ^a   Aydin, Muhammet Ali ^b   Karl, Wegscheider ^a   Thomas, Meinertz ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a  

^a University Heart Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Termination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION CYCLE LENGTH; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956671177     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.945279     Document Type: Article

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