Trigger-based mechanism of the persistence of atrial fibrillation and its impact on the efficacy of catheter ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-301

  Inoue, Koichi ^a   Kurotobi, Toshiya ^b   Kimura, Ryusuke ^a   Toyoshima, Yuko ^a   Itoh, Norihisa ^a   Masuda, Masaharu ^a,c   Higuchi, Yoshiharu ^a   Date, Motoo ^a   Koyama, Yasushi ^a   Okamura, Atsunori ^a   Iwakura, Katsuomi ^a   Fujii, Kenshi ^a  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

^b Shiroyama Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Persistence; Persistent atrial fibrillation; Triggers

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862263658     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964080     Document Type: Article

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