Impact of atrial fibrillation termination mode during catheter ablation procedure on maintenance of sinus rhythm

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1528-1535

  Faustino, Massimiliano ^a   Pizzi, Carmine ^b   Capuzzi, Donato ^a   Agricola, Tullio ^c   Costa, Grazia Maria ^b   Flacco, Maria Elena ^d,e   Marzuillo, Carolina ^f   Nocciolini, Manuela ^d   Capasso, Lorenzo ^d,g   Manzoli, Lamberto ^d,e,g  

^a Cardiology Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e Regional Healthcare Agency of Abruzzo   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g CeSI Biotech   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; DC shock cardioversion; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906936206     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.025     Document Type: Article

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