Mortality and cerebrovascular events after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1503-1511

  Ghanbari, Hamid ^a   Başer, Kazim ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Başer, Hatice Duygu ^a   Swangasool, Arisara ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^a   Latchamsetty, Rakesh ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cerebrovascular events; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TIME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906933615     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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