Renal artery ablation instead of pulmonary vein ablation in a hypertensive patient with symptomatic, drug-resistant, persistent atrial fibrillation

Clin Res Cardiol. 2013 Apr;102(4):315-8. doi: 10.1007/s00392-012-0529-y. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Drug Resistance
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Hypertension / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Renal Artery / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents