Quality of life restored to normal in patients with atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein ostial isolation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 318-325

  Pürerfellner, Helmut ^a,c   Martinek, Martin ^a   Aichinger, Josef ^a   Nesser, Hans Joachim ^a   Kempen, Kitty ^b   Janssen, Jacques P G ^b  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Academic Teaching Hospital Wagner Jauregg   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OSTIAL ISOLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 4143066169     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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