Atrial fibrillation: A symptom treated as a disease?

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-193

  Vardas, Panos E ^a   Mavrakis, Hercules E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SINUS RHYTHM; CATHETER ABLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 35448931090     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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