Radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral or aortic mechanical prosthetic valves: A feasibility, safety, and efficacy study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 975-980

  Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^a   Nagarajan, Darbhamulla ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^b   Vanga, Subba Reddy ^a   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^c   Jared Bunch, T ^d   Day, John D ^d   Burkhardt, David J ^b   Umbarger, Linda ^a   Dendi, Raghuveer ^a   Pimentel, Rhea ^a   Berenbom, Loren ^a   Emert, Martin ^a   Gerken, Anna ^a   Bommana, Sudharani ^a   Ray, Wallace ^a   Atkins, Donita ^a   Murray, Caroline ^a   Dawn, Buddhadeb ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Section of Electrophysiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Prosthetic valve; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960044053     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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