Benefit of pulmonary vein isolation guided by loss of pace capture on the ablation line: Results from a prospective 2-center randomized trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-50

  Steven, Daniel ^a   Sultan, Arian ^a   Reddy, Vivek ^b   Luker, Jakob ^a   Altenburg, Manuel ^a   Hoffmann, Boris ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^c   Servatius, Helge ^a   Stevenson, William G ^d   Willems, Stephan ^a   Michaud, Gregory F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein isolation; unexcitability

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879338203     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.059     Document Type: Article

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