Differences in catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation between males and females

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1984-1991

  Takigawa, Masateru ^a,b   Kuwahara, Taishi ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Watari, Yuji ^a   Okubo, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Takagi, Katsumasa ^a   Kuroda, Shunsuke ^a   Osaka, Yuki ^a   Kawaguchi, Naohiko ^a   Yamao, Kazuya ^a   Nakashima, Emiko ^a   Sugiyama, Tomoyo ^a   Akiyama, Daiki ^a   Kamiishi, Tetsuo ^a   Kimura, Shigeki ^a   Hikita, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirao, Kenzo ^b   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complication; Difference; Gender; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENCE; GENDER; OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885580226     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.12.101     Document Type: Article

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