Identification of Atrial Tissue in Pulmonary Veins Using Intravascular Ultrasound

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 982-987

  Guerra, Peter G ^b   Thibault, Bernard ^b   Dubuc, Marc ^b   Talajic, Mario ^b   Roy, Denis ^b   Crépeau, Jacques ^b   Nattel, Stanley ^b   Tardif, Jean Claude ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; THICKNESS; VEIN WALL;

EID: 0242467847     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00421-8     Document Type: Article

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