Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Ongoing atrial fibrillation inside a single pulmonary vein after successful electrical disconnection and restoration of sinus rhythm in both atria [2]

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 663-667

  Kettering, Klaus ^a   Greil, Gerald F ^a   Busch, Mathias ^a   Miller, Stephan ^a   Sieverding, Ludger ^a   Schreieck, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BISOPROLOL; DIGITALIS; SOTALOL;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETTER; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845356220     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0437-0     Document Type: Letter

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