Updated worldwide survey on the methods, efficacy, and safety of catheter ablation for human atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^b   Chen, Shih Ann ^c   Davies, Wyn ^d   Iesaka, Yoshito ^e   Kalman, Jonathan ^f   Kim, You Ho ^g   Klein, George ^h   Natale, Andrea ⁱ   Packer, Douglas ^j   Skanes, Allan ^h   Ambrogi, Federico ^k   Biganzoli, Elia ^k  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^h LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Follow up studies

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649308976     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.859116     Document Type: Article

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