Role of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TIME;

EID: 0031045393     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199701000-00004     Document Type: Review

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