Snapshot of adult invasive cardiac electrophysiology in Canada: Results of the web-based registry

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-98

  Shurrab, Mohammed ^a   Fishman, Evgeny ^a   Kaoutskaia, Anna ^a   Birnie, David ^b   Ayala Paredes, Felix ^c   Sultan, Omar ^d   Chauhan, Vijay ^e   Skanes, Allan ^f   Parkash, Ratika ^g   Morillo, Carlos ^h   Janmohamed, Amir ⁱ   Toal, Satish ^j   Essebag, Vidal ^k   Sterns, Laurence ^l   Veenhuyzen, George ^m   Mangat, Iqwal ⁿ   Redfearn, Damian ^o   Philippon, François ^p   Connors, Sean ^q   Healey, Jeff ^r   Verma, Atul ^s   Crystal, Eugene ^a   more..

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

ⁱ Rouge Valley Health System   (Canada)

^j SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^l ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁿ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^q MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^r MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^s SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Invasive electrophysiology; Registry; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYOABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REGISTER; TACHYCARDIA; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INTERNET; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CANADA; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INTERNET; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84903394224     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-014-9899-6     Document Type: Article

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