Characterization of Electrograms Associated With Termination of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation by Catheter Ablation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1003-1010

  Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Dubois, Rémi ^b   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^a   Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Jonsson, Anders ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Bordachar, Pierre ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 39849105877     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.10.056     Document Type: Article

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