Long-term follow-up after atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function: The importance of rhythm and rate control

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 344-351

  Nedios, Sotirios ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Dagres, Nikolaos ^b   Kosiuk, Jedrzej ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Richter, Sergio ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Kanagkinis, Nikolaos ^a   Dinov, Borislav ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Rolf, Sascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Heart failure; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84894524631     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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