How to perform pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-91

  Gill, Jaswinder S ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIAMORPHINE; HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LUNG VEIN; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 3042850565     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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