Physician-controlled costs: The choice of equipment used for atrial fibrillation ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-165

  Winkle, Roger A ^a   Mead, R Hardwin ^a   Engel, Gregory ^a   Kong, Melissa H ^a   Patrawala, Rob A ^a  

^a SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation costs; AF ablation; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ARTICLE; CARDIAC EQUIPMENT; CRYOABLATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TRANSSEPTAL NEEDLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884188449     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9782-x     Document Type: Article

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