Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the isolation of pulmonary veins in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Champagne, Jean ^a   Echahidi, Najmeddine ^a   Philippon, François ^a   St Pierre, André ^a   Molin, Franck ^a   Blier, Louis ^a   Gilbert, Marcel ^a   Villeneuve, Jacques ^a   Mohty, Dania ^a   O'Hara, Gilles ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33846277614     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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