Obesity Is a Major Determinant of Radiation Dose in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-242

  Ector, Joris ^a   Dragusin, Octavian ^a   Adriaenssens, Bert ^a   Huybrechts, Wim ^a   Willems, Rik ^a   Ector, Hugo ^a   Heidbüchel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447099033     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.03.040     Document Type: Article

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