Prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence with corticosteroids after radiofrequency catheter ablation: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1463-1472

  Koyama, Takashi ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Arimoto, Takanori ^a   Yamasaki, Hiro ^a   Kuroki, Kenji ^a   MacHino, Takeshi ^a   Tajiri, Kazuko ^a   Zhu, Xu Dong ^a   Kanemoto Igarashi, Miyako ^a   Sugiyasu, Aiko ^a   Kuga, Keisuke ^a   Nakata, Yoshio ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; corticosteroid; inflammatory response; recurrence

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOPRENALINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957976269     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.057     Document Type: Article

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