Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation results in greater improvement in cardiac function in patients with low versus normal left ventricular ejection fraction

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-187

  Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya ^a,b   Kato, Ritsushi ^b   Erdem, Alim ^a,b   Golcuk, Ebru ^b   Tobiume, Takeshi ^b   Nagase, Takahiko ^b   Ikeda, Yoshifumi ^b   Nakajima, Yoshie ^b   Matsumura, Makoto ^b   Komiyama, Nobuyuki ^b   Nishimura, Shigeyuki ^b   Matsumoto, Kazuo ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac function; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Low LVEF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84879981617     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9794-6     Document Type: Article

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