Percutaneous epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-154

  Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Catheter ablation; Epicardial mapping

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 37649010144     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.08.033     Document Type: Article

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