Catheter ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-694

  Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER MODEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART SIZE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK REDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247368930     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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