Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in congestive heart failure.
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Summary
Restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm by catheter ablation without the use of drugs in patients with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation significantly improve cardiac function, symptoms, exercise capacity, symptoms and quality of life.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2004-12-02
- Cited by
- 922
- References
- 38
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2348720246
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:38638251
Keywords
Medicine, Heart failure, Atrial fibrillation, Cardiology, Ejection fraction
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