Long-Term Follow-Up After Cryothermic Ostial Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 850-855

  Moreira, Wendel ^a   Manusama, Randy ^a   Timmermans, Carl ^a   Ghaye, Benoit ^b   Philippens, Suzanne ^a   Wellens, Hein J J ^c   Rodriguez, Luz Maria ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149123140     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.08.065     Document Type: Article

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