Antiarrhythmics after ablation of atrial fibrillation (5A study) six-month follow-up study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Roux, Jean Francois ^a   Zado, Erica ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Garcia, Fermin ^a   Lin, David ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Riley, Michael ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Cooper, Joshua ^a   Russo, Andrea M ^a   Verdino, Ralph ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Antiarrhythmia agents; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

DOFETILIDE; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953782612     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.955393     Document Type: Article

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