Substrate modification by pulmonary vein isolation and left atrial linear ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: Its impact on complex-fractionated atrial electrograms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 962-970

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Tokutake, Ken Ichi ^a   Hioki, Mika ^a   Narui, Ryohsuke ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^a   Tanigawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Arase, Satoshi ^a   Yagi, Hidenori ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Linear ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84870395749     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02322.x     Document Type: Article

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