Learning curve for ablation of atrial fibrillation in medium-volume centers

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Sairaku, Akinori ^a   Nakano, Yukiko ^a   Oda, Noboru ^a   Makita, Yuko ^a   Kajihara, Kenta ^a   Tokuyama, Takehito ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AF ablation; AF recurrence; Periprocedural complications; Time dependent procedural improvement

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PERFORATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955041484     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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