Risk Stratification for Arrhythmic Events in Patients With Asymptomatic Pre-Excitation: A Systematic Review for the 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 1624-1638

  Al Khatib, Sana M ^a   Arshad, Aysha ^a   Balk, Ethan M ^a   Das, Sandeep R ^a   Hsu, Jonathan C ^a   Joglar, José A ^a   Page, Richard L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACC AHA Clinical Practice Guideline; ACC AHA Evidence Review Committee; accessory atrioventricular bundle; asymptomatic; cardiac arrhythmias; pre excitation syndromes; risk assessment; sudden cardiac death; Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RR INTERVAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPLICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006806495     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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