Assessing arrhythmia burden after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using an implantable loop recorder: The abacus study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 875-881

  Kapa, Suraj ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a,b   Callans, David J ^a   Garcia, Fermin C ^a   Lin, David ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^c   Tzou, Wendy ^d   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Frankel, David S ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Supple, Gregory ^a   Deo, Rajat ^a   Verdino, Ralph J ^a   Patel, Vickas V ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic drugs; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; implantable loop recorder; monitoring; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; MONITORING; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880580373     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12141     Document Type: Article

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