Influence of body mass index on quality of life in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing catheter ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1847-1852

  Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a,b   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,c,d   Bai, Rong ^a,e   Dixon, Amy ^a   Burkhardt, David ^a   Gallinghouse, Joseph G ^a   Horton, Rodney ^a,d   Sanchez, Javier E ^a   Bailey, Shane ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,d,f,g  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; BDI; Body mass index; Catheter ablation; HAD; Quality of life; SF 36; STAI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455208940     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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