Selective CFAE targeting for atrial fibrillation study (SELECT AF): Clinical rationale, design, and implementation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-547

  Verma, Atul ^a,h   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   MacLe, Laurent ^c   Champagne, Jean ^d   Nair, Girish M ^e   Calkins, Hugh ^f   Wilber, David J ^g  

^a SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Southlake HeartRhythm Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; clinical trial; complex fractionated atrial electrograms; electroanatomical mapping; left atrium; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955882553     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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