Substrate and trigger ablation for reduction of atrial fibrillation trial - Part II (STAR AF II): Design and rationale

American Heart Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Verma, Atul ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Macle, Laurent ^c   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^d   Morillo, Carlos A ^e   Chen, Jian ^f   Jiang, Chen Yang ^g   Ernst, Sabine ^h   Mantovan, Roberto ⁱ  

^a SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84863663127     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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