Atrial fibrillation ablation: Reaching the mainstream

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 523-537

  Fisher, John D ^a,b   Spinelli, Michael A ^a   Mookherjee, Disha ^a   Krumerman, Andrew K ^a   Palma, Eugen C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Mapping; Radiofrequency; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ISOLATION; REGISTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646510707     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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