Venice chart international consensus document on atrial fibrillation ablation: 2011 update

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 890-923

  Raviele, Antonio ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^c   Camm, John A ^d   Cappato, Riccardo ^e   Chen, Shih Ann ^f   Connolly, Stuart J ^g   Damiano, Ralph ^h   De Ponti, Roberto ⁱ   Edgerton, James R ^j   Haãssaguerre, Michel ^k   Hindricks, Gerhard ^l   Ho, Siew Y ^m   Jalife, José ⁿ   Kirchhof, Paulus ^o   Kottkamp, Hans ^p   Kuck, Karl H ^q   Marchlinski, Francis E ^r   Packer, Douglas L ^s   Pappone, Carlo ^t   Prystowsky, Eric ^u   Reddy, Vivek K ^v   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^a   Verma, Atul ^w   Wilber, David J ^x   Willems, Stephan ^y   more..

^a OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

^b TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^f TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^j Heart Hospital   (United States)

^k HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^m ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^p KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^q DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^r HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^s UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^t MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^u ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v Zena and Michael A Wiener Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

^w SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^x LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^y Flughafen Hamburg GmbH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; catheter ablation; guidelines; surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CONNEXIN 40; DABIGATRAN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPOFOL; WARFARIN;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; CRYOTHERAPY; DEEP SEDATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TAMPONADE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNETIC FIELD; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ROBOTICS; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84866134283     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02381.x     Document Type: Review

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