Anatomic location of pulmonary vein electrical disconnection with balloon-based catheter ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-18

  Phillips, Karen P ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Saliba, Walid I ^a   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^b   Raviele, Antonio ^b   Bonso, Aldo ^b   Rossillo, Antonio ^b   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Cummings, Jennifer ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Balloon catheter; Catheter ablation; Focused ultrasound; Laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549021485     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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