Pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and prolonged sinus pause

International Heart Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Ohkubo, Kimie ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Ashino, Sonoko ^a   Kofune, Masayoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Kenichi ^a   Shindo, Atsushi ^a   Sugimura, Hidezou ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Sick sinus syndrome; Sinus pause

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 34247161703     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.48.247     Document Type: Article

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