Stepwise linear approach to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1497-1504

  Yao, Yan ^a   Zheng, Lihui ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a   He, Ding Sheng ^b   Zhang, Kuijun ^a   Tang, Min ^a   Chen, Keping ^a   Pu, Jielin ^a   Wang, Fangzheng ^a   Chen, Xin ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Noncontact mapping

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36749051721     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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