Value of P-wave signal averaging to predict atrial fibrillation recurrences after pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-204

  Blanche, Coralie ^a   Tran, Nam ^a   Rigamonti, Fabio ^a   Burri, Haran ^a   Zimmermann, Marc ^a  

^a LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; P wave signal averaged ECG; Pulmonary vein isolation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879699367     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus251     Document Type: Article

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