Monitoring of atrial fibrillation burden after surgical ablation: Relevancy of end-point criteria after radiofrequency ablation treatment of patients with lone atrial fibrillation

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 956-959

  Beukema, Rypko ^a   Beukema, Willem P ^a   Sie, Hauw T ^a   Misier, Anand Ramdat ^a   Delnoy, Peter Paul ^a   Elvan, Arif ^a  

^a Isala Klinieken   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Monitoring device; RF ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ALARMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 73249124602     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.209759     Document Type: Article

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