Stepwise catheter ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation: Importance of discrete anatomic sites for termination

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^b   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^b   Jönsson, Anders ^b   Hocini, Mélèze ^b   Sacher, Frédéric ^b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Kodali, Sathish ^b   Rostock, Thomas ^b   Rotter, Martin ^b   Clémenty, Jacques ^b   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electrogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

EID: 33751173383     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00652.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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