Ablation of atrial fibrillation: A procedure come of age?

Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-70

  Wharton, J Marcus ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY POSITION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMMUNITY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0035022833     PISSN: 14686708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/CVM-2-2-067     Document Type: Article

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