Duty-cycled unipolar/bipolar versus conventional radiofrequency ablation in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Tivig, Christine ^a   Dang, Lam ^a   Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^b   Özcan, Sibel ^a   Duru, Firat ^c   Scharf, Christoph ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Center   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Duty cycled radiofrequency; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTY CYCLED BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; DUTY CYCLED UNIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861096118     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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