Functional disconnection of arrhythmogenic pulmonary veins in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation guided by combined electroanatomical (CARTO®) and conventional mapping

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Weiss, Christian ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Risius, Tim ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias ^a   Ventura, Rodolfo ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RELAPSE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036631049     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019565921739     Document Type: Article

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