Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 431-441

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Peng, Jing Tian ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Nonpharmacological treatment; Supraventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0034090286     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.51.1.431     Document Type: Review

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