Long-term results of catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Lessons from a 5-year follow-up

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2368-2377

  Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Tilz, Roland ^a   Chun, Julian ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Zerm, Thomas ^a   Neven, Kars ^a   Köktürk, Bulent ^a   Konstantinidou, Melanie ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Fuernkranz, Alexander ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ablation; arrhythmia; catheter ablation; electrophysiology; fibrillation; mapping; pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650714879     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.946806     Document Type: Article

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