Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients: A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 200-209

  Al Halabi, Shadi ^a   Qintar, Mohammed ^a   Hussein, Ayman ^a   Alraies, M Chadi ^b   Jones, David G ^c,d   Wong, Tom ^c,d   MacDonald, Michael R ^e   Petrie, Mark C ^f   Cantillon, Daniel ^a   Tarakji, Khaldoun G ^a   Kanj, Mohamed ^a   Bhargava, Mandeep ^a   Varma, Niraj ^a   Baranowski, Bryan ^a   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^a   Wazni, Oussama ^a   Callahan, Thomas ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Chung, Mina K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Changi National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; heart failure; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEST INFECTION; DEATH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROIN BLEEDING; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POCKET HEMATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIX MINUTE WALK DISTANCE;

EID: 84944049414     PISSN: 2405500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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