Six-year clinical outcomes after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with impaired left ventricular function

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1169-1179

  Rillig, Andreas ^a   Makimoto, Hisaki ^a   Wegner, Jascha ^a   Lin, Tina ^a   Heeger, Christian ^a   Lemes, Christine ^a   Fink, Thomas ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Tilz, Roland Richard ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Proresearch   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; heart failure; impaired systolic ejection fraction; long term follow up; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; TACHYCARDIA INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84945472332     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12765     Document Type: Article

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