Electrogram-guided isolation of the left superior vena cava for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 775-780

  Liu, Hao ^a   Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Murray, Conor ^a   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 34548495094     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum118     Document Type: Article

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