Pulmonary vein isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation: Recent updates

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 II, 2003, Pages 1636-1640

  Seshadri, Niranjan ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Wilber, David ^b   Packer, Douglas ^c   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038301838     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00244.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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