Low rate of atrial fibrillation recurrence verified by implantable loop recorder monitoring following a convergent epicardial and endocardial ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1059-1066

  Gersak, Borut ^a   Pernat, Andrej ^a   Robic, Boris ^a   Sinkovec, Matjaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; Convergent procedure; epicardial surgery; Reveal recorder

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT PROCEDURE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPY; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONITOR; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867743636     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02355.x     Document Type: Article

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