A health economic evaluation of concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 702-710

  Lamotte, Mark ^a   Annemans, Lieven ^b   Bridgewater, Ben ^c   Kendall, Simon ^d   Siebert, Markus ^e  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e St Jude Medical   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Cost effectiveness analysis; Health economics; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 34848827929     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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