Silent cerebral events/lesions related to atrial fibrillation ablation: A clinical review

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 455-463

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   Jais, Pierre ^c   Scaglione, Marco ^d   Schmitt, Rainer ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^e,f,g,h   Christopoulos, Georgios ^a   Schade, Anja ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^b   Bansmann, Martin ⁱ   Nentwich, Karin ^a   Müller, Patrick ^a,b   Krug, Joachim ^a   Roos, Markus ^a   Halbfass, Phillip ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b,e   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^j   Haines, David ^k  

^a Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia Hospital   (Italy)

^e TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^g MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^k OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoablation; silent cerebral infarction; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSE RECOVERY SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SILENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONSENSUS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSENSUS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927692169     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12608     Document Type: Article

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