Predictors of clinical efficacy of 'Ablate and Pace' therapy in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-302

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Botto, G L ^b   Mont, L ^c   Oddone, D ^a   Iacopino, S ^d   De Marchi, G ^e   Campoli, M ^f   Sebastiani, V ^g   Vincenti, A ^h   Garcia Medina, D ⁱ   Osca Asensi, J ^j   Mocini, A ^k   Grovale, N ^l   De Santo, T ^l   Menozzi, C ^m  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo   (Italy)

^f BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^h SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^j VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^l Medtronic Italia ^*  (Italy)

^m S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856226963     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301069     Document Type: Article

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