Randomized ablation strategies for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation RASTA study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-294

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Lin, David ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Garcia, Fermin C ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^b   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Verdino, Ralph J ^a   Patel, Vickas V ^a   Zado, Erica S ^a   Cash, Nancy R ^a   Killian, Tony ^a   Tomson, Todd T ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862256367     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.966226     Document Type: Article

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