Atrial electroanatomic remodeling after circumferential radiofrequency pulmonary vein ablation efficacy of an anatomic approach in a large cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 2539-2544

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Oreto, Giuseppe ^b   Rosanio, Salvatore ^a   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Tocchi, Monica ^a   Gugliotta, Filippo ^a   Salvati, Adriano ^a   Dicandia, Cosimo ^a   Calabrò, Maria Pia ^b   Mazzone, Patrizio ^a   Ficarra, Eleonora ^b   Di Gioia, Claudio ^a   Gulletta, Simone ^a   Nardi, Stefano ^a   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a   Benussi, Stefano ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Fibrillation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0035923561     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4601.098517     Document Type: Article

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