Catheter ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-145

  Finta, Bohuslav ^a   Haines, David E ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDITIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; STROKE; TACHYCARDIA; THERMAL INJURY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 1642518210     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(03)00137-1     Document Type: Review

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