Occam's razor and the unraveling of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-454

  Klein, George J ^a,b   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Clementy, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Rythmologie   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation mechanism

Indexed keywords

HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 33947251324     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00738.x     Document Type: Review

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