Nationwide survey of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: The japanese catheter ablation registry of atrial fibrillation (J-CARAF) - Report of 1-Year Follow-up

Circulation Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1091-1096

  Murakawa, Yuji ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Shoda, Morio ^c   Inoue, Koichi ^d   Naito, Shigeto ^e   Kumagai, Koichiro ^f   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^g   Yamane, Teiichi ^h   Morita, Norishige ⁱ   Okumura, Ken ^j  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Diagnostic Cardiology and Radiology Department   (Japan)

^e Division of Cardiology Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center ^*  (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA SANNO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^h JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKAI UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Follow up studies; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899650930     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-0099     Document Type: Article

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