Combined circular multielectrode catheter and point-by-point ablation is superior to point-by-point ablation alone in eliminating atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3721-3727

  Richter, Bernhard ^a   Gwechenberger, Marianne ^a   Kriegisch, Michael ^a   Albinni, Sulaima ^a   Marx, Manfred ^a   Gössinger, Heinz D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multielectrode catheter ablation; Point by point ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Success

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCULAR MULTIELECTRODE CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERATOR; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; POINT BY POINT IRRIGATED TIP CATHETER ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MULTIELECTRODE CATHETER ABLATION; POINT-BY-POINT ABLATION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SUCCESS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886300607     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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