Incidence and time course of early recovery of pulmonary vein conduction after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-391

  Cheema, Aamir ^a   Dong, Jun ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Spragg, David ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Bilchick, Kenneth ^a   Sinha, Sunil ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Almasry, Ibrahim ^a   Halperin, Henry ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947214007     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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