Atrial defibrillation threshold as a novel predictor of clinical outcome of catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Uno, Kikuya ^a   Otomo, Kiyoshi ^a   Nagata, Yasutoshi ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Ogura, Kazuyoshi ^a   Egami, Yasuyuki ^a   Takayama, Kei ^a   Kakita, Ken ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial Fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Predictor; Procedural endpoint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251487555     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq357     Document Type: Article

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