Simple minimal sedation for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 346-350

  Ichihara, Noboru ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Usui, Eisuke ^a   Takagi, Takamitsu ^a   Iwasawa, Jin ^a   Kuroi, Akio ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Sedation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; PENTAZOCINE; PROPOFOL; HYDROXYZINE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEEP SEDATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TIME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYZINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTAZOCINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928252483     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1106     Document Type: Article

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