Technique and results of linear ablation at the mitral isthmus

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2996-3002

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Hsu, Li Fern ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Scavee, Christophe ^a   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a   Macle, Laurent ^a   Raybaud, Florence ^a   Garrigue, Stéphane ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Metayer, Philippe Le ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrium; Catheter ablation; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844443808     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000146917.75041.58     Document Type: Article

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