Site localization and characterization of pain during radiofrequency ablation of the pulmonary veins

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1210-1214

  Alaeddini, Jamshid ^a   Wood, Mark A ^a   Parvez, Baber ^a   Pathak, Vishesh ^a   Wong, Kristen A ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ganglionated plexi; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 34848889250     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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