Incremental value of isolating the right inferior pulmonary vein during pulmonary vein isolation procedures in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 480-484

  Oral, Hakan ^a,b   Chugh, Aman ^a   Scharf, Christoph ^a   Hall, Burr ^a   Cheung, Peter ^a   Veerareddy, Srikar ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b F1310 MCHC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPOLARIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842865765     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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