Predictive value of thromboembolic risk scores before an atrial fibrillation ablation procedure

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Floria, Mariana ^a,b   Roy, Luc De ^a   Xhaet, Olivier ^a   Blommaert, Dominique ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Gerard, Marina ^a   Dormal, Fabien ^a   Deceuninck, Olivier ^a   Ambarus, Valentin ^a   Marchandise, Baudouin ^a   Schroeder, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; CHADS; CHADS 2 VASc; thromboembolic risk; trans oesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT PLANNING; VELOCITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873409850     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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