Neuropsychological decline after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1761-1767

  Schwarz, Niko ^a,b   Kuniss, Malte ^b   Nedelmann, Max ^a,b   Kaps, Manfred ^a   Bachmann, Georg ^b   Neumann, Thomas ^b   Pitschner, Heinz Friedrich ^b   Gerriets, Tibo ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cognition; Diffusion weighted imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECURRENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 78650176357     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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