Influence of the duration of Holter monitoring on the detection of arrhythmia recurrences after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation Implications for patient follow-up

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-306

  Dagres, Nikolaos ^a   Kottkamp, Hans ^c   Piorkowski, Christopher ^b   Weis, Sebastian ^b   Arya, Arash ^b   Sommer, Philipp ^b   Bode, Kerstin ^b   Gerds Li, Jin Hong ^b   Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HerzZentrum Hirslanden Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Holter ECG; Rhythm monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79952138153     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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