Risk of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Oral Anticoagulant Use Guided by ECG Monitoring and Pulse Assessment

Atrial fibrillation ablation patients have long-term stroke rates similar to patients without atrial fibrillation regardless of CHADS2 score

(2013) T. Jared Bunch et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Health Outcomes With Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Matthew R. Reynolds et al.  

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

(2012) Hugh Calkins et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Pulmonary Vein Antral Isolation and Nonpulmonary Vein Trigger Ablation without Additional Substrate Modification for Treating Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) DAVID LIN 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.   CIRCULATION

Randomized Ablation Strategies for the Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Sanjay Dixit et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Anticoagulant Therapy and Risk of Cerebrovascular Events After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly

(2011) AURELIE GUIOT et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

A Novel User-Friendly Score (HAS-BLED) To Assess 1-Year Risk of Major Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Ron Pisters et al.   CHEST

Long-Term Outcome After Successful Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Wendy S. Tzou et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Efficacy and safety of catheter ablation versus antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

(2010) Carlo Bonanno et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

The Risk of Thromboembolism and Need for Oral Anticoagulation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

(2010) Sakis Themistoclakis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Refining Clinical Risk Stratification for Predicting Stroke and Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation Using a Novel Risk Factor-Based Approach

(2009) Gregory Y.H. Lip et al.   CHEST

Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Pierre Jaïs et al.   CIRCULATION

Clinical Outcomes of Catheter Substrate Ablation for High-Risk Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Koonlawee Nademanee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Single procedure efficacy of isolating all versus arrhythmogenic pulmonary veins on long-term control of atrial fibrillation: A prospective randomized study

(2007) Sanjay Dixit et al.   HEART RHYTHM