Efficacy of adjuvant anterior left atrial ablation during intracardiac echocardiography-guided pulmonary vein antrum isolation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Verma, Atul ^a   Patel, Dimpi ^b   Famy, Tamer ^b   Martin, David O ^b   Burkhardt, J David ^b   Elayi, S Claude ^b   Lakkireddy, Dhanumjaya ^b   Wazni, Oussama ^b   Cummings, Jennifer ^b   Schweikert, Robert A ^b   Saliba, Walid ^b   Tchou, Patrick J ^b   Natale, Andrea ^b  

^a SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Anterior left atrium; Atrial fibrillation; Fractionated electrograms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846349532     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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