Associations among the CHADS 2 score, atrial substrate properties, and outcome of catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1155-1159

  Chao, Tze Fan ^a,b   Cheng, Chen Chuan ^c   Lin, Wei Shiang ^d   Tsao, Hsuan Ming ^b   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,b   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^a,b   Suenari, Kazuyoshi ^a,e   Li, Cheng Hung ^a,b   Liu, Shuen Hsin ^f   Hartono, Beny ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^b,g   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; CHADS 2 score; Recurrence; Substrate properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHADS2 SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960844095     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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