A new system for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5 B, 1999, Pages

  Calkins, Hugh ^a   Hall, Jeffrey ^b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth ^a,b   Walcott, Greg ^b   Sherman, Marshall ^b   Bowe, Wade ^b   Simpson, John ^b   Castellano, Tom ^b   Kay, G Neal ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033545649     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)01034-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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