Pulmonary Vein Ablation: Looking while Cooking

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-169

  Knight, Bradley P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ERROR; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PERFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN TONE; VEIN WALL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 1542380001     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03617.x     Document Type: Note

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