Atrial fibrillation ablation leads to long-term improvement of quality of life and reduced utilization of healthcare resources

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Goldberg, Andrea ^a   Menen, Michael ^b   Mickelsen, Steven ^a   MacIndoe, Chamisa ^a   Binder, Mario ^b   Nawman, Rosella ^a   West, Gail ^a   Kusumoto, Fred M ^a,b  

^a LOVELACE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cost; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; STROKE VOLUME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037301076     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022348216072     Document Type: Article

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