TY - T1 - Antiarrhythmic medication is superior to catheter ablation in suppressing supraventricular ectopic complexes in patients with atrial fibrillation SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/297901 T3 - A1 - Alhede, Christina; Lauridsen, Trine K.; Johannessen, Arne; Dixen, Ulrik; Jensen, Jan S.; Raatikainen, Pekka; Hindricks, Gerhard; Walfridsson, Haakan; Kongstad, Ole; Pehrson, Steen; Englund, Anders; Hartikainen, Juha; Hansen, Peter S.; Nielsen, Jens C.; Jons, Christian A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Background: Supraventricular ectopic complexes (SVEC) originating in the pulmonary veins are known triggers of atrial fibrillation (AF) which led to the development of pulmonary vein isolation for AF. However, the long-term prevalence of SVEC after catheter ablation (CA) as compared to antiarrhythmic medication (AAD) is unknown. Our aims were to compare the prevalence of SVEC after AAD and CA and to estimate the association between baseline SVEC burden and AF burden during 24 months of follow-up... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Arrhythmia; Treatment; Ablation; Premature ectopic beats; Recurrence; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; PREMATURE BEATS; FOLLOW-UP; INITIATION; INFLAMMATION; PERSISTENT; RECURRENCE; DESIGN; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -