Safety and efficacy of circumferential pulmonary vein catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Vasamreddy, Chandrasekhar R ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Eldadah, Zayd ^a   Dickfeld, Timm ^a   Jayam, Vinod K ^a   Henrickson, Charles ^a   Meininger, Glen ^a   Dong, Jun ^a   Lickfett, Lars ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mapping; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19944428923     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.10.027     Document Type: Article

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