Experience of atrial fibrillation ablation in a new cardiac centre using three-dimensional mapping and multielectrode duty-cycled radiofrequency ablation

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 396-402

  Choo, Wai Kah ^a   Farwell, David ^a   Harris, Stuart ^a  

^a Basildon Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multielectrode ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Three dimensional mapping

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIELECTRODE CATHETER DUTY CYCLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERFORMANCE; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPPING;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960944836     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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