Pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1077-1081

  Oral, Hakan ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Özaydin, Mehmet ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Hassan, Sohail ^a   Scharf, Christoph ^a   Lai, Steve W K ^a   Greenstein, Radmira ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a F1310 MCHC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Catheter ablation; Fibrillation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037022841     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0902.104712     Document Type: Article

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