How many electrical cardioversions should be applied for repetitive recurrences of atrial arrhythmias following ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation?

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1703-1708

  Sairaku, Akinori ^a   Nakano, Yukiko ^a   Oda, Noboru ^a   Makita, Yuko ^a   Kajihara, Kenta ^a   Tokuyama, Takehito ^a   Motoda, Chikaaki ^a   Fujiwara, Mai ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation failure; Early recurrence; Electrical cardioversion; Persistent atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855194790     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur244     Document Type: Article

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