Ablation strategies reflect evolving concepts of atrial fibrillation mechanisms

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 129-134

  Lustgarten, Daniel L ^a   Spector, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Lasso catheter; Pulmonary view isolation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035702575     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jelc.2001.28848     Document Type: Article

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