Incidence and significance of early recurrences associated with different ablation strategies for AF: A STAR-AF substudy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1295-1301

  Andrade, Jason G ^a   MacLe, Laurent ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a   Khaykin, Yaariv ^b   Mantovan, Roberto ^c,d,e   Martino, Giuseppe De ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Morillo, Carlos A ^f   Novak, Paul ^g   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Nair, Girish ^f   Torrecilla, Esteban G ^h   Verma, Atul ^b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^d Casa di Cura Santa Maria   (Italy)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871198349     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02399.x     Document Type: Article

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