Survey of physician experience, trends and outcomes with atrial fibrillation ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Mickelsen, Steven ^a,c   Dudley, Ben ^a   Treat, Eric ^a   Barela, John ^a   Omdahl, John ^a   Kusumoto, Fred ^a,b  

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Duration; Epidemiology; Experience; Outcomes; Prevalence; Survey; Time; Volume

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944439461     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-0621-6     Document Type: Review

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