Comparison of catheter ablation and surgical ablation in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation and rheumatic heart disease: A four-year follow-up study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5372-5377

  Gu, Jun ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Jiang, Wei Feng ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Wang, Yuan Long ^a   Liu, Yu Gang ^a   Zhang, Xiao Dong ^a   Wu, Shao Hui ^a   Xu, Kai ^a   Zhang, Dao Liang ^a   Gu, Jia Ning ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Rheumatic heart disease; SICTRA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SALINE IRRIGATED COOLED TIP RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SICTRA;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887158007     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.057     Document Type: Article

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