Sequential percutaneous LAA ligation and pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent AF: Initial results of a feasibility study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 608-614

  Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^b   Kawamura, Mitsuharu ^a   Han, Frederick T ^c   Iyer, Sivaraman K ^a   Moyers, Brian S ^a   Dewland, Thomas A ^a   Woods, Chris ^a   Ferrell, Ryan ^b   Nath, Jayant ^b   Earnest, Mathew ^b   Lee, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; LAA ligation; LARIAT; P wave analysis; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; P WAVE; P WAVE DISPERSION; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE LIGATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART SURGERY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84930764840     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12655     Document Type: Article

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