Pulmonary vein isolation as an end point for left atrial circumferential ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1060-1066

  Lemola, Kristina ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a,b   Chugh, Aman ^a   Hall, Burr ^a   Cheung, Peter ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b F1310 MCHC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL ABLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 24944519347     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.05.069     Document Type: Article

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