Incidence and predictors of major complications from contemporary catheter ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1661-1666

  Bohnen, Marius ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Tedrow, Usha B ^a   Michaud, Gregory F ^a   John, Roy M ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Albert, Christine M ^a   Koplan, Bruce A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Outcomes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055002836     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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