Mitral isthmus ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1157-1159

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a,b   Hsu, Li Fern ^a   Rotter, Martin ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Sacher, Fréderic ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644801917     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00314.x     Document Type: Note

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