Focal impulse and rotor modulation as a stand-alone procedure for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A within-patient controlled study with implanted cardiac monitoring

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1768-1774

  Berntsen, Rolf Franck ^a   Håland, Trine Fink ^a   Skårdal, Rita ^a   Holm, Torbjørn ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mapping; Radiofrequency; Rotors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE BURDEN; FEMALE; FOCAL IMPULSE AND ROTOR MODULATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; URINARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FLUOROSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84970024101     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.04.016     Document Type: Article

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