Is isolation of all four pulmonary veins necessary in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 938-940

  Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b  

^a Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GANGLION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 3242784084     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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