Thoracic vein ablation terminates chronic atrial fibrillation in dogs

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 6 55-6, 2004, Pages

  Park, Angela M ^a   Chou, Chung Chuan ^a   Drury, Paul C ^a   Okuyama, Yuji ^a   Peter, Anish ^a   Hamabe, Akira ^a   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^a   Kass, Robert M ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; MARSHALL VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACIC VEIN; THORACIC VEIN ABLATION; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; MYOCARDIUM; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PULMONARY VEINS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 2542450057     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00595.2003     Document Type: Article

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