Vein of Marshall activity during sustained atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 839-846

  Kamanu, Santosh ^b   Tan, Alex Y ^b   Peter, C Thomas ^b   Hwang, Chun ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CSMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins; Vein of Marshall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SINUS RHYTHM; VEIN; VEIN OF MARSHALL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; VEINS;

EID: 33746073059     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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