Characteristics in image integration system guiding catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation with a common ostium of inferior pulmonary veins

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-98

  Yu, Ronghui ^a   Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Zhang, Zhaoqi ^a   Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Kang, Junping ^a   Long, Deyong ^a   Fang, Dongping ^a   Tang, Ribo ^a   Guo, Xi ^a   Hu, Fuli ^a   Ma, Changsheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Integration; Ostium; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549026854     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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