Predictors of atrial fibrillation termination and clinical success of catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-551

  Heist, E Kevin ^a   Chalhoub, Fadi ^a   Barrett, Conor ^a   Danik, Stephan ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864406477     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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