Who is the operator, that is the question: A multicentre study of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1352-1356

  Sairaku, Akinori ^a   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^b   Nakano, Yukiko ^a   Maeda, Mayuho ^b   Hirayama, Haruo ^b   Hashimoto, Haruki ^a,c   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; High volume operator; Low volume operator; Proficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84992184012     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv424     Document Type: Review

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