Efficacy of ganglionated plexi ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal versus persistent atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials
Kampaktsis PN, Oikonomou EK, Y. Choi D, Cheung JW. Efficacy of ganglionated plexi ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal versus persistent atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. Journal Of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2017, 50: 253-260. PMID: 28887742, DOI: 10.1007/s10840-017-0285-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary vein isolationAT/AFGP ablationAtrial fibrillationPV isolationVein isolationPlexi ablationAF patientsAtrial tachyarrhythmiasSubtype of AFSignificant structural heart diseaseParoxysmal AF patientsVentricular ejection fractionParoxysmal atrial fibrillationPersistent atrial fibrillationStructural heart diseaseSustained atrial fibrillationPersistent AF patientsClinical trial dataNon-significant trendPrimary endpointAF subtypesAtrial sizeEjection fractionHeart diseaseRole of deferred stenting in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
De Maria GL, Alkhalil M, Oikonomou EK, Wolfrum M, Choudhury RP, Banning AP. Role of deferred stenting in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2017, 30: 264-273. PMID: 28370496, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansNo-Reflow PhenomenonPercutaneous Coronary InterventionRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionHard clinical endpointsImmediate stentingAngiographic endpointsClinical endpointsST-elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionRandomized clinical trialsCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionClinical trialsImproved outcomesElectronic databasesFlow restorationPatientsEndpointStentingSTEMIInfarctionRecent publicationsTrials