Clinical evaluation of disorganization during atrial fibrillation as a guide to radiofrequency ablation

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 419-427

  Michelucci, Antonio ^a   Bartolini, Pietro ^a   Calcagnini, Giovanni ^a   Padeletti, Luigi ^a   Colella, Andrea ^a   Pieragnoli, Paolo ^a   Censi, Federica ^a   Morelli, Sandra ^a   Barbaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation mapping; Basket catheter; Organization pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035710134     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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