Focal ablation for atrial fibrillation originating from the inferior vena cava and the posterior left atrium

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-134

  Mizobuchi, Masahiro ^a   Enjoji, Yoshihisa ^a   Shibata, Kensaku ^a   Funatsu, Atsushi ^a   Yokouchi, Itaru ^a   Kambayashi, Daisuke ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoko ^a   Nakamura, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33845535440     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9037-1     Document Type: Article

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