Is pursuit of termination of atrial fibrillation during catheter ablation of great value in patients with longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1051-1058

  Park, Yae M ^a   Choi, Jong Il ^a   Lim, Hong E ^a   Park, Sang W ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

atrial tachycardia; catheter ablation; complex fractionated atrial electrograms; left atrial flutter; persistent atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONGSTANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867742762     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02370.x     Document Type: Article

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