The ongoing influence of staff training on the performance of radiofrequency catheter ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 1312-1317

  Rosenheck, Shimon ^a   Rose, Michal ^b   Sharon, Zehava ^b   Weiss, Teddy A ^b   Gotsman, Mervyn S ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

arrhythmias; catheter ablation; ongoing training; radiofrequency energy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAFF TRAINING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TACHYCARDIA, SINOATRIAL NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030924219     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06785.x     Document Type: Article

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