Predictors of complete arrhythmia free survival in patients undergoing surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation. PRAGUE-12 randomized study sub-analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 419-422

  Osmancik, Pavel ^a   Budera, Petr ^a   Straka, Zbynek ^a   Widimsky, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; MAZE; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FREE SURVIVAL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRAGUE 12 STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURGICAL ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900598697     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.104     Document Type: Article

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