Single-ring posterior left atrial (box) isolation results in a different mode of recurrence compared with wide antral pulmonary vein isolation on long-term follow-up: Longer atrial fibrillation-free survival time but similar survival time free of any atrial arrhythmia

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 968-977

  Lim, Toon Wei ^a,b   Koay, Choon Hiang ^a   See, Valerie A ^a   McCall, Rebecca ^c   Chik, William ^a   Zecchin, Robert ^a   Byth, Karen ^d   Seow, Swee Chong ^b   Thomas, Liza ^e   Ross, David L ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Ramsay Health Care Westmead Private Hospital   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MITRAL ISTHMUS LINE ABLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE RING POSTERIOR HEART LEFT ATRIUM ISOLATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872041130     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.970293     Document Type: Article

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