A focal source of atrial fibrillation treated by discrete radiofrequency ablation

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 572-576

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Chouairi, Salah ^a   Gencel, Laurent ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; catheter ablation; fibrillation; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031041194     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.3.572     Document Type: Article

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