Freedom from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after successful pulmonary vein isolation with pulmonary vein ablation catheter-phased radiofrequency energy: 2-year follow-up and predictors of failure

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 818-825

  Mulder, Anton A W ^a   Wijffels, Maurits C E F ^a   Wever, Eric F D ^a   Boersma, Lucas V A ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PALPITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION CATHETER; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84861604946     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus010     Document Type: Article

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