Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the elderly

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-295

  Lioni, Louiza ^a   Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Efremidis, Michael ^a   Vlachos, Konstantinos ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^b   Kareliotis, Vasileios ^a   Deftereos, Spyridon ^b   Sideris, Antonios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; The elderly

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CATHETER ABLATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920513861     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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