Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects in Adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 902-906

  Spies, Christian ^a   Khandelwal, Abha ^a   Timmermanns, Ines ^b   Schräder, Rainer ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 52349085326     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.045     Document Type: Article

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