Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Procedural Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

(2012) H. Calkins et al.   EUROPACE

Impairment of Pulmonary Function is an Independent Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation: The Takahata Study

(2012) Yoko Shibata et al.   International Journal of Medical Sciences

Characterization of Fractionated Atrial Electrograms Critical for Maintenance of Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Ross J. Hunter et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Chronic Lung Disease

(2011) Seung-Young Roh et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Beneficial effect of pioglitazone on the outcome of catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and type 2 diabetes mellitus

(2011) J. Gu et al.   EUROPACE

Identifying the Relationship Between the Non-PV Triggers and the Critical CFAE Sites Post-PVAI to Curtail the Extent of Atrial Ablation in Longstanding Persistent AF

(2011) CLAUDE S. ELAYI et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Updates Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Valentin Fuster et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Comprehensive risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation: Emerging diagnostic and therapeutic options

(2011) Gregory Lip et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Improvements in Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs

(2010) Matthew R. Reynolds et al.  

Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

(2010) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Disparate Evolution of Right and Left Atrial Rate During Ablation of Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Mélèze Hocini et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Multiple Arrhythmogenic Foci Associated With the Development of Perpetuation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Toshiya Kurotobi et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Pulmonary vein isolation combined with substrate modification for persistent atrial fibrillation treatment in patients with valvular heart diseases

(2009) X Wang et al.   HEART

Clinical Value of Noninducibility by High-Dose Isoproterenol Versus Rapid Atrial Pacing After Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) THOMAS CRAWFORD et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Randomized Evaluation of Right Atrial Ablation After Left Atrial Ablation of Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrograms for Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Hakan Oral et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

A pilot study of the self-reported quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2008) Costellia H. Talley et al.   HEART & LUNG

Atrial fibrillation in chronic non-cardiac disease: Where do we stand?

(2008) Mitja Lainscak et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Arrhythmias in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

(2008) John P. Hanrahan et al.   MEDICINE