Five years of catheter ablation procedures in south-western europe: Meta-analysis of national registries

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 506-515

  Inama, Giuseppe ^a   Pedrinazzi, Claudio ^a   Adragao, Pedro ^b   Alvarez, Miguel ^c   Arribas, Fernando ^d   Bonhorst, Daniel ^b   Elvas, Luis ^e   Landolina, Maurizio ^f   Merino, Josè L ^g   Rodriguez, Enrique ^h   De Sousa, Joao ⁱ   Gulizia, Michele ^j  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^j Garibaldi Nesima Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Catheter ablation; National registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 63049096684     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02312.x     Document Type: Article

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