Atrial fibrillation catheter ablation versus surgical ablation treatment (FAST): A 2-center randomized clinical trial

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Boersma, Lucas V A ^a   Castella, Manuel ^b   Van Boven, Wimjan ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^b   Yilmaz, Alaaddin ^a   Nadal, Mercedes ^b   Sandoval, Elena ^b   Calvo, Naiara ^b   Brugada, Josep ^b   Kelder, Johannes ^a   Wijffels, Maurits ^a   Mont, Lluís ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIB FRACTURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL ABLATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855408110     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.074047     Document Type: Article

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