Localized sources maintaining atrial fibrillation organized by prior ablation

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 616-625

  Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Rotter, Martin ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Hsu, Li Fern ^a   Jonsson, Anders ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Bordachar, Pierre ^a   Reuter, Sylvain ^a   Roudaut, Raymond ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Mapping; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AMIODARONE;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33644857974     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.546648     Document Type: Article

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