Catheter ablation of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: 5-year outcomes of the hamburg sequential ablation strategy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1921-1929

  Tilz, Roland Richard ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Thum, Anna Maria ^a   Arya, Anita ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Yoshiga, Yasuhiro ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; long standing persistent atrial fibrillation; long term outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868203019     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.04.060     Document Type: Article

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