Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation - Patient satisfaction from a single-center UK experience

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-303

  Ezzat, Vivienne A ^a,b   Chew, Anastasia ^a,b   McCready, James W ^a,b   Lambiase, Pier D ^a,b   Chow, Anthony W ^a,b   Lowe, Martin D ^a,b   Rowland, Edward ^a,b   Segal, Oliver R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882253202     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-012-9763-5     Document Type: Article

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