Two-to-one conduction block between left atrium and right lower pulmonary vein preceding complete vein isolation during radiofrequency current ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6 PART I, 2004, Pages 829-830

  Weber, Stefan ^a   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^b   Schneider, Michael ^b   Schmitt, Claus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Muscle connections; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942575814     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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