Ablation of focal atrial fibrillation

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-396

  Saad, Eduardo B ^a   Marrouche, Nasir F ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a Center for Atrial Fibrillation   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN;

CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN DILATATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036962369     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021180223916     Document Type: Review

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