Predictors of recurrence following radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-361

  McCready, James W ^a   Smedley, Tom ^a   Lambiase, Pier D ^a   Ahsan, Syed Y ^a   Segal, Oliver R ^a   Rowland, Edward ^a   Lowe, Martin D ^a   Chow, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENCE RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952128477     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq434     Document Type: Article

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