Open AccessWho is the operator, that is the question: a multicentre study of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Author(s) -
Akinori Sairaku,
Yukihiko Yoshida,
Yukiko Nakano,
Mayuho Maeda,
Haruo Hanawa,
Harukichi Hashimoto,
Yasuki Kihara
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euv424
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , hazard ratio , catheter ablation , confidence interval , cardiology , ablation , pulmonary vein , volume (thermodynamics) , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
A worldwide survey reported that the success rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation was higher in high-volume centers compared with low-volume centers. We tested whether the procedure volume of each operator was associated with the outcome of AF ablation in high-volume centres.