The effect of catheter ablation on left atrial size and function for patients with atrial fibrillation: An updated meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Xiong, Bin ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Wang, Jianling ^a   Gyawali, Laxman ^a   Jing, Jinjin ^a   Su, Li ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; LOSARTAN; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84940395528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129274     Document Type: Article

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