Long-term safety and efficacy of circumferential ablation with pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1080-1085

  Cheema, Aamir ^a   Dong, Jun ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Vasamreddy, Chandrasekhar R ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Spragg, David ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Sinha, Sunil ^a   Halperin, Henry ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748743614     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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