Linear ablation of left atrium for the treatment of atrial fibrillation guided by double Lasso catheters and three dimensional electroanatomical mapping

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2042-2048

  Ma, Jian ^a,b   Tang, Kai ^b   Ma, Fu Sheng ^b   Jia, Yu He ^b   Zhang, Shu ^b   Huang, Cong Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Double Lasso catheters; Three dimensional electroanatomical mapping

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROPAFENONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY VEIN; PUNCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33845907648     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200612020-00004     Document Type: Article

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