Cost comparison of radiofrequency modification and ablation of the atrioventricular junction in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1532-1536

  Knight, Bradley P ^a   Weiss, Raul ^a   Bahu, Marwan ^a   Souza, Joseph ^a   Zivin, Adam ^a   Goyal, Rajiva ^a   Daoud, Emile ^a   Man, K Ching ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Cost benefit analysis; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030827006     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.5.1532     Document Type: Article

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