How to determine and assess endpoints for left atrial ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-380

  Satomi, Kazuhiro ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33847280611     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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