Prospective European survey on atrial fibrillation ablation: Clinical characteristics of patients and ablation strategies used in different countries

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1074-1081

  Themistoclakis, Sakis ^a   Raviele, Antonio ^a   China, Paolo ^a   Pappone, Carlo ^b   De Ponti, Roberto ^c   Revishvili, Amiran ^d   Aliot, Etienne ^e   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^f   Hoff, Per Ivar ^g   Shah, Dipen ^h   Almendral, Jesús ⁱ   Manolis, Antonis S ^j   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^k   Oto, Ali ^l   Vatasescu, Radu G ^m   Sinkovec, Matjaz ⁿ   Cappato, Riccardo ^o  

^a Dell'Angelo Hospital   (Italy)

^b MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery   (Russian Federation)

^e CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^f Cardiology Department   (Germany)

^g HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^k Heart Rhythm Management Center   (Belgium)

^l HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m Clinical Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^o IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; survey

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FLECAINIDE;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REOPERATION; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; REOPERATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84908479017     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12462     Document Type: Article

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