Catheter ablation should not be first-line therapy for atrial fibrillation

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-5

  Calkins, Hugh ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STOMACH SPASM; STROKE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845767900     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0741     Document Type: Review

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