Identifying the relationship between the non-PV triggers and the critical CFAE sites post-PVAI to curtail the extent of atrial ablation in longstanding persistent AF

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1199-1205

  Elayi, Claude S ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^b,c,d   Bai, Rong ^b   Burkhardt, J David ^b   Mohanty, Prasant ^b   Sanchez, Javier ^b   Santangeli, Pasquale ^b   Hongo, Richard ^e   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^b   Horton, Rodney ^b   Bailey, Shane ^b   Zagrodzky, Jason ^b   Beheiry, Salwa ^e   Natale, Andrea ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; complex fragmented atrial electrograms; nonpulmonary vein triggers; persistent atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80755140043     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02122.x     Document Type: Article

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