Atrial fibrillation and effective refractory period of the pulmonary vein ostia;Fibrilhação auricular e período refractário efectivo dos ostia das veias pulmonares

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1125-1134

  Adragão, Pedro ^a   Reis Santos, Katya ^a   Aguiar, Carlos ^a   Neves, José Pedro ^a   Abecassis, Miguel ^a   Cavaco, Diogo ^a   Morgado, Francisco ^a   Bernardo, Ricardo ^a   Bonhorst, Daniel ^a   Melo, João Queiroz E ^a   Seabra Gomes, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins; Refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036816799     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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