How and when to ablate the ligament of Marshall

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1505-1507

  Hwang, Chun ^a,b   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Utah Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PWAVE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845204801     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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