Radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation: Effectiveness and safety in 102 consecutive patients

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1611-1612

  Pontoppidan, Jacob ^a   Nielsen, J C ^a   Poulsen, S H ^a   Mortensen, P T ^a   Pedersen, A K ^a   Jensen, H K ^a   Hansen, P S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEGMENTAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144456150     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.053660     Document Type: Article

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