Does left atrial appendage closure improve the success of pulmonary vein isolation? Results of a randomized clinical trial

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-16

  Romanov, Alexander ^a   Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Artemenko, Sergey ^a   Yakubov, Akmal ^a   Stenin, Ilya ^a   Kretov, Evgeny ^a   Krestianinov, Oleg ^a   Grazhdankin, Igor ^a   Risteski, Dejan ^b   Karaskov, Alexander ^a   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^c  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b University Cardiology Clinic   (Macedonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Implantable loop recorder; Left atrial appendage closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE HYPERTENSION AGE 75 YEARS DIABETES MELLITUS AND PRIOR STROKE OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK VASCULAR DISEASE AGE 65-75 YEARS RISK SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIAL DIAMETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ABNORMAL RENAL LIVER FUNCTION STROKE BLEEDING HISTORY OR PREDISPOSITION LABILE INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO ELDERLY 65 YEARS DRUGS OR ALCOHOL CONCOMITANTLY RISK SCORE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA; TREND STUDY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PULMONARY VEIN; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PULMONARY VEINS; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941424441     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-0030-4     Document Type: Article

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