A randomized controlled trial of catheter ablation versus medical treatment of atrial fibrillation in heart failure (the CAMTAF trial)

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-38

  Hunter, Ross J ^a   Berriman, Thomas J ^a   Diab, Ihab ^a   Kamdar, Ravindu ^a   Richmond, Laura ^a   Baker, Victoria ^a   Goromonzi, Farai ^a   Sawhney, Vinit ^a   Duncan, Edward ^a   Page, Stephen P ^a   Ullah, Waqas ^a   Unsworth, Beth ^b   Mayet, Jamil ^b   Dhinoja, Mehul ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; THERAPY EFFECT; AGED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84898920612     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000806     Document Type: Article

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