The CURE-AF trial: A prospective, multicenter trial of irrigated radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac surgery

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-45

  Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a   Badhwar, Vinay ^b   Acker, Michael A ^c   Veeragandham, Ramesh S ^d   Kress, David C ^e   Robertson, Jason O ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d John Muir Medical Center   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Maze procedure; Radiofrequency ablation; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOLTER MONITOR; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LAVAGE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891723483     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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