Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Congestive Heart Failure

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1998 • 7,676 citations

A Comparison of Rate Control and Rhythm Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

2002 • 4,278 citations

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2002 • 2,322 citations

Temporal Relations of Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure and Their Joint Influence on Mortality

2003 • 1,869 citations

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1997 • 1,443 citations

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1999 • 1,355 citations

ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: executive summary

2001 • 1,324 citations

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2004 • 1,194 citations

Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation—Pharmacological Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation (PIAF): a randomised trial

2000 • 1,156 citations

Amiodarone to Prevent Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation

2000 • 1,125 citations

Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

2002 • 1,121 citations

Dofetilide in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction

1999 • 1,013 citations

Electrophysiological End Point for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Initiated From Multiple Pulmonary Venous Foci

2000 • 939 citations

Atrial Electroanatomic Remodeling After Circumferential Radiofrequency Pulmonary Vein Ablation

2001 • 879 citations

Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy: A Review of Animal Models and Clinical Studies

1997 • 789 citations

Technique and Results of Linear Ablation at the Mitral Isthmus

2004 • 729 citations

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2001 • 608 citations

Hemodynamic Effects of an Irregular Sequence of Ventricular Cycle Lengths During Atrial Fibrillation

1997 • 584 citations

Prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation in advanced heart failure. A study of 390 patients.

1991 • 572 citations

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2001 • 571 citations

Spontaneous Conversion and Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm by Amiodarone in Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation

1998 • 517 citations

Efficacy of Dofetilide in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation-Flutter in Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Function

2001 • 504 citations

Clinical Outcomes After Ablation and Pacing Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

2000 • 469 citations

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2001 • 419 citations

Cardiac resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation

2002 • 409 citations

Pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with impaired systolic function

2004 • 373 citations

Assessment of Atrioventricular Junction Ablation and VVIR Pacemaker Versus Pharmacological Treatment in Patients With Heart Failure and Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

1998 • 334 citations

Long-Term Survival after Ablation of the Atrioventricular Node and Implantation of a Permanent Pacemaker in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

2001 • 321 citations

Predictors of primary atrial fibrillation and concomitant clinical and hemodynamic changes in patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective study in 344 patients with baseline sinus rhythm

1998 • 304 citations

The Ablate and Pace Trial: a prospective study of catheter ablation of the AV conduction system and permanent pacemaker implantation for treatment of atrial fibrillation. APT Investigators.

1998 • 293 citations

Effect of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation on Health-Related Quality of Life and Activities of Daily Living in Patients With Recurrent Arrhythmias

1996 • 291 citations

Maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation

2003 • 288 citations

Tachycardia-Related Cardiomyopathy: A Common Cause of Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Referred for Atrioventricular Ablation

2000 • 203 citations

Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure: Specific Considerations at the Intersection of Two Common and Important Cardiac Disease Sets

2002 • 195 citations

Empirical Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Using a Three‐Dimensional Nonfluoroscopic Mapping System: Long‐Term Follow‐Up

2001 • 178 citations

A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with recurrent persistent atrial fibrillation

2003 • 119 citations

Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation-pharmacological intervention in atrial fibrillation (PIAF): a randomised trial

2001 • 118 citations

Significant effects of atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation on left ventricular function and long-term survival in patients with atrial fibrillation and left ventricular dysfunction

2003 • 97 citations