Randomized study comparing duty-cycled bipolar and unipolar radiofrequency with point-by-point ablation in pulmonary vein isolation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1383-1390

  Bittner, Alex ^a,b   Mönnig, Gerold ^a,c   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Pott, Christian ^a   Köbe, Julia ^a   Dechering, Dirk ^a   Milberg, Peter ^a   Wasmer, Kristina ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Duty cycled bipolar and unipolar radiofrequency; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DRONEDARONE; HEPARIN; IOPROMIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961101981     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.051     Document Type: Article

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