Termination of persistent atrial fibrillation resistant to cardioversion by a single radiofrequency application

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1420-1423

  Herweg, Bengt ^a   Kowalski, Marcin ^a   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^a,b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DILTIAZEM; IBUTILIDE; PROPAFENONE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTIGO;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0038178926     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00203.x     Document Type: Article

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