Relationship between clinical outcomes and unintentional pulmonary vein isolation during substrate ablation of atrial fibrillation guided solely by complex fractionated atrial electrogram mapping

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-286

  Iriki, Yasuhisa ^a   Ishida, Sanemasa ^a   Oketani, Naoya ^a   Ichiki, Hitoshi ^a   Okui, Hideki ^a   Ninomiya, Yuichi ^a   Maenosono, Ryuichi ^b   Matsushita, Takehiko ^a   Miyata, Masaaki ^a   Hamasaki, Shuichi ^a   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation catheter; Arrhythmias, treatment of; Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Follow up studies; Outcomes assessment

Indexed keywords

NIFEKALANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82855161374     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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