Atrial Fibrillation: Unanswered Questions and Future Directions

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 237-258

  Reddy, Vivek Y ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 36448971606     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.09.008     Document Type: Review

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