Distinguishing cardiac catheter ablation energy modalities by applying natural language processing to electronic health records

Aim: Catheter ablation is used to treat symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) and is performed using either cryoballoon (CB) or radiofrequency (RF) ablation. There is limited real world data of CB and RF in the US as healthcare codes are agnostic of energy modality. An alternative method is to analyz...

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Main Authors: Jamie Margetta, Alicia Sale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Becaris Publishing Limited 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
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