Contemporary catheter ablation of arrhythmias in geriatric patients: Patient characteristics, distribution of arrhythmias, and outcome

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 477-480

  Dagres, Nikolaos ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^b   Kottkamp, Hans ^c   Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HerzZentrum Hirslanden Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Elderly; Geriatric; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547904645     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum048     Document Type: Article

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