A tailored approach to catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1824-1831

  Oral, Hakan ^a,b   Chugh, Aman ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Sankaran, Sundar ^a   Reich, Stephen S ^a   Igic, Petar ^a   Elmouchi, Darryl ^a   Tschopp, David ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^a   Dey, Sujoya ^a   Wimmer, Alan ^a   Lemola, Kristina ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , J Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646165048     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.601898     Document Type: Article

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