Quality of Life after Surgical Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Evaluation

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 378-383

  Chernyavskiy, Alexander ^a   Kareva, Yulia ^a   Pak, Inessa ^a   Rakhmonov, Sardor ^a   Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Romanov, Alexander ^a  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Implantable loop recorders; Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SHORT FORM 36; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84958885044     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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