Focal paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Preliminary results of high- frequency catheter ablation;Fokales paroxysmales vorhofflimmern: Erste erfahrungen der behandlung mit hochfrequenz-katheterablation

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 479-483

  Arentz, Thomas ^a   Blum, T ^a   Von Rosenthal, J ^a   Peters, K ^a   Kalusche, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034690136     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024285     Document Type: Article

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