Gender differences in patients referred for atrial fibrillation management to a tertiary center

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 622-626

  Roten, Laurent ^a,b   Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a   Schwick, Nicola ^a   Sakata, Takao ^a   Heimgartner, Chris ^a   Fuhrer, Juerg ^a   DelacrÉtaz, Etienne ^a   Tanner, Hildegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Gender

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOTOXICITY; POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 65649098007     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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