Catheter Ablation to Suppress Atrial Fibrillation: Evolution of Technique at a Single Center

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Schwartzman, David ^a,b   Bazaz, Raveen ^a   Nosbisch, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344877268     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026295202643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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