Atrial arrhythmias following ostial or circumferential pulmonary vein ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-130

  Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a   Wood, Mark A ^b   Shepard, Richard K ^b   Giazitzoglou, Eleftherios ^a   Kourlaba, Georgia ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Flutter; Tachycardiafs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 33845548569     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9036-2     Document Type: Article

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