Time to recurrence of atrial fibrillation influences outcome following catheter ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-9

  Gaztañaga, Larraitz ^a   Frankel, David S ^a   Kohari, Maria ^a   Kondapalli, Lavanya ^a   Zado, Erica S ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872009458     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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