The Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Pilot Study: An European Survey on Methodology and results of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation conducted by the European Heart Rhythm Association

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 1466-1478

  Arbelo, Elena ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^b   Maggioni, Aldo P ^c   Tavazzi, Luigi ^d   Vardas, Panos ^e   Laroche, Cécile ^c   Anselme, Frédéric ^f   Inama, Giuseppe ^g   Jais, Pierre ^h   Kalarus, Zbigniew ⁱ   Kautzner, Josef ^j   Lewalter, Thorsten ^k   Mairesse, Georges H ^l   Perez Villacastin, Julian ^m   Riahi, Sam ⁿ   Taborsky, Milos ^o   Theodorakis, George ^p   Trines, Serge A ^q  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c European Society of Cardiology   (France)

^d MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^f HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^g MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^j INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^k Heart Centre at Isar   (Germany)

^l Cliniques du Sud Luxembourg Vivalia   (Belgium)

^m HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

ⁿ AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^p Errikos Dunant Hospital   (Greece)

^q LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Outcomes; Registry; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; PATIENT READMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901631069     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu001     Document Type: Article

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