Acute pericardial effusion following atrial fibrillation ablation: Characteristics and relationship with arrhythmia recurrences

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 450-457

  Lellouche, Nicolas ^a   Sebag, Frederic A ^a   Elbaz, Nathalie ^a   Hassine, Majed ^a   Chaachoui, Najia ^a   Teiger, Emmanuel ^a   Dubois Randé, Jean Luc ^a   Lim, Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Early arrhythmia recurrences; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053177766     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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