Importance of evaluating conduction block in radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Gersak, Borut ^a   Kiser, Andy C ^b   Bartus, Krzysztof ^c   Sadowski, Jerzy ^c   Harringer, Wolfgang ^d   Knaut, Michael ^e   Wimmer Greinecker, Gerhard ^f   Pernat, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b FirstHealth Arrhythmia Center   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

^f Klinik fur Herz Thorax Chirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablative therapy (all modalities); Arrhythmia therapy; Atrial fibrillation; Device; Electrophysiology; Flutter

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART EXIT BLOCK; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STERNOTOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860329576     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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