Acute electrical isolation is a necessary but insufficient endpoint for achieving durable PV isolation: The importance of closing the visual gap

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-660

  Miller, Marc A ^a   Davila, Andre ^a   Dukkipati, Srinivas R ^a   Koruth, Jacob S ^a   Viles Gonzalez, Juan ^a   Napolitano, Craig ^a   Eggert, Charles ^a   Fischer, Avi ^a   Gomes, Joseph A ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Dormant conduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADENOSINE; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EDEMA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84860439211     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus048     Document Type: Article

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