Pulmonary vein isolation with complex fractionated atrial electrogram ablation for paroxysmal and nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 994-1000

  Hayward, Robert M ^a   Upadhyay, Gaurav A ^a   Mela, Theofanie ^a   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Barrett, Conor D ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Verma, Atul ^b   Choudhry, Niteesh K ^c   Singh, Jagmeet P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrogram; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM ABLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959996443     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.033     Document Type: Article

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