NMARQ Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Results from a Multicenter Study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 724-729

  Mahida, Saagar ^a   Hooks, Darren A ^a   Nentwich, Karin ^b   Ng, G Andre ^c   Grimaldi, Massimo ^d   Shin, Dong In ^e   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Berte, Benjamin ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Deneke, Thomas ^b   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a   Jais, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrioesophageal fistula; catheter ablation; nMARQ catheter

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DRONEDARONE; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVICE SAFETY; ESOPHAGOPERICARDIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEPSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HEART CATHETER; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84948569390     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12698     Document Type: Article

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