One-year clinical outcome after pulmonary vein isolation using the novel endoscopic ablation system in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 988-993

  Metzner, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Fuernkranz, Alexander ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Tilz, Roland R ^a   Chun, K R Julian ^a   Neven, Kars ^a   Konstantinidou, Melanie ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Yoshiga, Yazuhiro ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Koester, Ilka ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Endoscopic ablation system; Long term follow up; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960023028     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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