Circular mapping and ablation of the pulmonary vein for treatment of atrial fibrillation: Impact of different catheter technologies

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 464-474

  Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Dresing, Thomas ^a   Cole, Christopher ^a   Bash, Dianna ^a   Saad, Eduardo ^a   Balaban, Krzysztof ^a   Pavia, Stephen V ^a   Schweikert, Robert ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Abdul Karim, Ahmed ^a   Pisano, Ennio ^b   Fanelli, Raffaele ^b   Tchou, Patrick ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; STENOSIS; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037036848     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01972-1     Document Type: Article

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