How to ablate long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-35

  Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b,c,d   Santangeli, Pasquale ^a,c   Natale, Andrea ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; long standing persistent atrial fibrillation; outcomes; radiofrequency energy; technique

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANESTHESIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY SINUS; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PULMONARY VEINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 84871638247     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32835b59bb     Document Type: Review

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