CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL ABLATION FOR ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH IMPROVED EJECTION FRACTION

Authors
BROWN CS MILLS RM CONTI JB CURTIS AB
Citation
Cs. Brown et al., CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL ABLATION FOR ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH IMPROVED EJECTION FRACTION, The American journal of cardiology, 80(8), 1997, pp. 1090
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:8<1090:CIAANA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A retrospective review of 15 patients with atrial fibrillation and cla ss III to IV congestive heart failure who underwent atrioventricular n odal ablation demonstrated a marked improvement in their functional ab ilities, This improvement, however, could not be explained by the impr ovement in ejection fraction alone.