Increasing time between first diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and catheter ablation adversely affects long-term outcomes

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1257-1262

  Bunch, T Jared ^a   May, Heidi T ^a   Bair, Tami L ^a   Johnson, David L ^a   Weiss, J Peter ^a   Crandall, Brian G ^a   Osborn, Jeffrey S ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Muhlestein, J Brent ^a   Lappe, Donald L ^a   Day, John D ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Death; Heart failure; Outcomes; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOFETILIDE; FLECAINIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AF; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HR; OUTCOMES; STROKE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883242698     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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