Utility of exit block for identifying electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 971-979

  Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Callans, David ^a   Rho, Robert ^a   Rajawat, Yadavendra ^a   Zado, Erica ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Mapping; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036776191     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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