Long-term follow-up after right atrial radiofrequency catheter treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2533-2538

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; RF ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031755333     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01214.x     Document Type: Article

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