Predictors of recurrence after catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   Schade, Anja ^a   Krug, Joachim ^a   Stahl, Karsten ^a   Szollosi, Geza Atilla ^a   Shin, Dong In ^a   Schukro, Clemens Nino ^a   El Tarahony, Mohamed ^a   Murillo, Enrique ^a   Aram, Semko ^a   Robhirt, Gabriele ^a   Lawo, Thomas ^b   Mugge, Andreas ^b   Grewe, Peter H ^b   Kerber, Sebastian ^a  

^a Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; SOTALOL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857496009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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