Technology insight: Catheter ablation of the pulmonary veins in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Dong, Jun ^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; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444436452     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0137     Document Type: Review

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