A 1 Per 1,000 Mortality Rate After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. An Acceptable Risk?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1804-1806

  Belhassen, Bernard ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein; radiofrequency; supraventricular

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449116930     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.024     Document Type: Editorial

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