Catheter ablation in selected patients with depressed left ventricular ejection fraction and persistent atrial fibrillation unresponsive to current cardioversion

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1574-1580

  Bortone, Agustín ^a   Pujadas Berthault, Pénélope ^a   Karam, Nicole ^b   Maupas, Eric ^a   Boulenc, Jean Marc ^a   Rioux, Philippe ^a   Dürrleman, Nicolas ^a   Ciobotaru, Vlad ^a   Marijon, Eloi ^a,b  

^a Hopital Prive Les Franciscaines   (France)

^b PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Congestive heart failure; Persistent atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS NODE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINOATRIAL NODE; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84907299836     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut088     Document Type: Article

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