Radiofrequency ablation annotation algorithm reduces the incidence of linear gaps and reconnection after pulmonary vein isolation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 783-790

  Anter, Elad ^a   Tschabrunn, Cory M ^a   Contreras Valdes, Fernando M ^a   Buxton, Alfred E ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute reconnection; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANGE OF MOTION; VENOUS PSEUDOANEURYSM; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899427860     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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