General anesthesia reduces the prevalence of pulmonary vein reconnection during repeat ablation when compared with conscious sedation: Results from a randomized study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-372

  Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b,c   Conti, Sergio ^a,d   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Bai, Rong ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Walton, David ^e   John, Annie ^e   Santangeli, Pasquale ^f   Elayi, Claude S ^g   Beheiry, Salwa ^h   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^a   Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a   Horton, Rodney ^a   Bailey, Shane ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e LLP   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious sedation; General anesthesia; Outcomes; Paroxysmal AF; Recurrences

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FENTANYL; ISOPRENALINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIGH-FREQUENCY JET VENTILATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REOPERATION;

EID: 79952184710     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.10.043     Document Type: Article

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