Ablation of pulmonary vein foci for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-399

  Adragão, Pedro ^a   Cavaco, D ^a   Aguiar, C ^a   Palos, J ^a   Morgado, F ^a   Ribeiras, R ^a   Abecasis, M ^a   Neves, J ^a   Bonhorst, D ^a   Seabra Gomes, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomic mapping; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DICOUMAROL DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG HALF LIFE; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0036821505     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0257     Document Type: Article

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