Complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in a high-volume centre with the use of intracardiac echocardiography

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-32

  Aldhoon, Bashar ^a   Wichterle, Dan ^a   Peichl, Petr ^a   Čihák, Robert ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complications; Intracardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84871220024     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus304     Document Type: Article

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