Catheter versus surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation after a failed initial pulmonary vein isolation procedure: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1338-1343

  Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Romanov, Alexander ^a   Elesin, Dmitry ^a   Bogachev Prokophiev, Alexander ^a   Losik, Denis ^a   Bairamova, Sevda ^a   Karaskov, Alexander ^a   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^b  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein isolation; surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SURGICAL ABLATION;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84889101495     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12245     Document Type: Article

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