Pulmonary vein stenosis after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1769-1775

  Robbins, Ivan M ^b   Colvin, Edward V ^b   Doyle, Thomas P ^b   Kemp, W Evans ^b   Loyd, James E ^b   McMahon, William S ^b   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Fibrillation; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032573112     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.17.1769     Document Type: Article

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