A proposal for a new scoring system in the prediction of catheter ablation outcomes: Promising results from the Turkish Cryoablation Registry

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-206

  Canpolat, Uǧur ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Yorgun, Hikmet ^a   Şahiner, Levent ^a   Kaya, Ergün Bariş ^a   Oto, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon; Pulmonary vein isolation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BASE AF2 SCORE; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOBALLOON; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887621114     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.097     Document Type: Article

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