Five-year outcome of catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation using termination of atrial fibrillation as a procedural endpoint

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-24

  Scherr, Daniel ^a,b   Khairy, Paul ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Aurillac Lavignolle, Valerie ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Wilton, Stephen B ^a   Ramoul, Khaled ^a   Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Jadidi, Amir ^a   Linton, Nick ^a   Pedersen, Michala ^a   Daly, Matthew ^a   O'Neill, Mark ^a   Knecht, Sebastien ^a   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Manninger, Martin ^b   Cochet, Hubert ^a   Shah, Ashok J ^a   Yeim, Sunthareth ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a   Jais, Pierre ^a   more..

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; atrial tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEART FUNCTION TEST; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923865142     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001943     Document Type: Article

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