Safety of ablation for atrial fibrillation with therapeutic INR: Comparison with transition to low-molecular-weight heparin

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Saad, Eduardo B ^a   Costa, Ieda P ^b   da Costa, Rodrigo E ^a   Inácio Jr , Luiz Antonio O ^a   Slater, Charles ^a   Camiletti, Angelina ^a   de Moura Neto, Dario G ^a   Maldonado, Paulo ^a   Camanho, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Polanczyk, Carisi A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital de Messejana   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Heparin; Low molecular weight; Treatment outcome; Warfarin; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; WARFARIN;

EID: 82855167359     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2011005000088     Document Type: Article

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