Catheter ablation of persistent and permanent atrial fibrillation: Bordeaux experience

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-662

  Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Knecht, Sebastien ^a   Arantes, Leonardo ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated electrograms; Linear ablation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOABLATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RECURRENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447297279     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.5.4.655     Document Type: Article

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