Quantitative analysis of isolation area and rhythm outcome in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after circumferential pulmonary vein antrum isolation using the pace-and-ablate technique

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-675

  Kiuchi, Kunihiko ^a   Kircher, Simon ^a   Watanabe, Norikazu ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Rolf, Sascha ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cardiac imaging; Isolation area; Pulmonary vein isolation; Rhythm outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC EQUIPMENT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, RECIPROCATING; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867173548     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.969923     Document Type: Article

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