Demographic profile of patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 994-998

  Hoyt, Hana ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Alhumaid, Fawaz ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Chilukuri, Karuna ^a   Spragg, David ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Sinha, Sunil ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a   Edwards, David ^a   Needleman, Matthew ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic drugs; arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052826066     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02043.x     Document Type: Review

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