Circumferential pulmonary-vein ablation for atrial fibrillation [8]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2289-

  Wazni, Oussama Musbah ^a   Fahmy, Tamer S ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; STENOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE;

EID: 33646859941     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc060884     Document Type: Letter

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