Work-up and management of lone atrial fibrillation: Results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1521-1523

  Pison, Laurent ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^b   Potpara, Tatjana S ^c,d   Todd, Derick ^e   Chen, Jian ^f,g   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^h   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^j   Proclemer, Alessandro ^j   Dagres, Nikolaos ^j   Estner, Heidi ^j   Hernández Madrid, Antonio ^j   Larsen, Torben Bjerregaard ^j   Sciaraffia, Elena ^j   Savelieva, Irene ⁱ  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^e LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Ablation; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; EHRA survey; EP Wire; Lone atrial fibrillation; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; OBESITY; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPORT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84931070394     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu277     Document Type: Review

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