Atrial fibrillation ablation

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-199

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Augello, Giuseppe ^a   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Mapping systems

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22344435194     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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