Up to 6-year follow-up after pulmonary vein isolation for persistent/permanent atrial fibrillation: Importance of sinus node function

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1455-1460

  Soga, Yoshiharu ^a   Okabayashi, Hitoshi ^b   Arai, Yoshio ^c   Nomoto, Takuya ^c   Nakano, Jota ^c   Matsuo, Takehiko ^c   Hanyu, Michiya ^c  

^a KINDAI UNIVERSITY NARA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956123289     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.04.045     Document Type: Article

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