Ablation of atrial fibrillation after the retirement age: Considerations on safety and outcome

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-197

  Haegeli, Laurent M ^a,b   Duru, Firat ^b   Lockwood, Evan E ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^b   Sterns, Laurence D ^a   Novak, Paul G ^a   Leather, Richard A ^a  

^a ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Elderly; Outcome; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RETIREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049433707     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9490-8     Document Type: Article

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