Tailored atrial substrate modification based on low-voltage areas in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 825-833

  Rolf, Sascha ^a   Kircher, Simon ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Eitel, Charlotte ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Sergio, Richter ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^b   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Altmann, David ^c   Piedra, Carlos ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; cardiac; Catheter ablation; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GROIN PSEUDOANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; LOW VOLTAGE AREA; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; STOMACH PARESIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922655420     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001251     Document Type: Review

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