Simultaneous angiographic imaging of ipsilateral pulmonary veins for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 591-599

  Strohmer, Bernhard ^a   Schernthaner, Christiana ^a   Pichler, Maximilian ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750924427     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0433-4     Document Type: Article

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