Early recurrence of atrial arrhythmia and health care utilization during the 8-week blanking period after thermal energy catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Affiliations

• ¹ Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Alexander.Benz@phri.ca.
• ² Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ³ Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁴ Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁵ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• ⁶ Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.