Long-term changes in heart rate variability after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: 1-year follow-up study with irrigation tip catheter

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 693-700

  Kang, Ki Woon ^b   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Park, Junebom ^a   Uhm, Jae Sun ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a   Hwang, Chun ^c   Lee, Moon Hyung ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Utah Valley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; heart rate variability; irrigation tip catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITOR; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN IRRIGATION TIP CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAVAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904469681     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12398     Document Type: Article

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