Safety and efficacy outcomes of left atrial posterior wall isolation compared to pulmonary vein isolation and pulmonary vein isolation with linear ablation for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation - Sutter, Joanne S.; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Daubert, James P.; Bahnson, Tristram; Jackson, Kevin; Koontz, Jason I.; Sun, Albert Y.; Hegland, Donald D.; Thomas, Kevin L.; Jackson, Larry; Lewis, Robert; Granger, Christopher; et al. (The American heart journal, 2020)
Keywords: Ablation; Aged; Arrhythmia; Atrial Fibrillation - surgery; Cardiac arrhythmia; Catheters; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Electrocardiography; Female; Fibrillation; Heart; Heart Atria - surgery; Humans; Lesions; Lung - surgery; Lungs; Male; Medical instruments; Medical records; Middle Aged; Patients; Propensity Score; Pulmonary Veins - surgery; Randomization; Recurrence; Regression Analysis; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; Secondary Prevention - methods; Severity of Illness Index; Substrates; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods; Vascular Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data; Veins & arteries