Complications of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation a systematic review

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1082-1088

  Gupta, Aakriti ^a   Perera, Tharani ^a   Ganesan, Anand ^a   Sullivan, Thomas ^a   Lau, Dennis H ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation with bradyarrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Complication; Peroperative; Review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; NERVE INJURY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84892173368     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000768     Document Type: Article

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