Effects of Sex on the Incidence of Cardiac Tamponade After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Yoav Michowitz,
Michael Rahkovich,
Hakan Oral,
Erica S. Zado,
Roland Richard Tilz,
Silke John,
Arnaud Denis,
Luigi Di Biase,
Roger A. Winkle,
E. N. Mikhaylov,
Jeremy N. Ruskin,
Yan Yao,
Mark E. Josephson,
Hildegard Tanner,
John M. Miller,
Jean Champagne,
Paolo Della Bella,
Koichiro Kumagai,
Pascal Defaye,
David Luria,
Д. С. Лебедев,
Andrea Natale,
Pierre Jaı̈s,
Gerhard Hindricks,
Karl-Heinz Kuck,
Francis E. Marchlinski,
Fred Morady,
Bernard Belhassen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.684
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1941-3149
pISSN - 1941-3084
DOI - 10.1161/circep.113.000760
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiac tamponade , cardiology , catheter ablation , ablation , tamponade , incidence (geometry) , optics , physics
Cardiac tamponade is the most dramatic complication observed during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation and the leading cause of procedure-related mortality. Female sex is a known risk factor for complications during AF ablation; however, it is unknown whether women have a higher risk of tamponade.
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