Circumferential pulmonary vein RF ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation: 3-Year experience of one centre

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 362-370

  Wnuk Wojnar, Anna Maria ^a   Trusz Gluza, Maria ^a,b   Czerwiński, Cezary ^a   Woźniak Skowerska, Iwona ^a   Szydło, Krzysztof ^a   Hoffmann, Andrzej ^a   Nowak, Seweryn ^a   Wita, Krystian ^a   Konarska Kuszewska, Ewa ^a   Krauze, Jolanta ^a   Rybicka Musialik, Anna ^a   Drzewiecka Gerber, Agnieszka ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b I Katedra Kardiologii i Klinika Kardiologii SPSK nr 7   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARTO SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 27744498314     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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