Atrial fibrillation ablation using a closed irrigation radiofrequency ablation catheter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 506-513

  Golden, Keith ^a   Mounsey, John Paul ^a   Chung, Eugene ^a   Roomiani, Pahresah ^a   Morse, Michael Andew ^a   Patel, Ankit ^a   Gehi, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DOFETILIDE; DRONEDARONE; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLOSED IRRIGATION RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION CATHETER; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860840154     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03309.x     Document Type: Article

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