Long-term results of transcatheter atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-32

  Anselmino, Matteo ^a   Grossi, Stefano ^b   Scaglione, Marco ^c   Castagno, Davide ^a   Bianchi, Francesca ^b   Senatore, Gaetano ^d   Matta, Mario ^a   Casolati, Dario ^a   Ferraris, Federico ^a   Cristoforetti, Yvonne ^a   Negro, Alessandro ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia Hospital   (Italy)

^d Nephrology and Dialysis Unit Cirié Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; heart failure; left ventricular ejection fraction; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; JUGULAR HEMATOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELAPSE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84871946767     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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