Percutaneous pericardial instrumentation for catheter ablation of focal atrial tachycardias arising from the left atrial appendage

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-433

  Phillips, Karen P ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a   Sterba, Richard ^a   Saliba, Walid I ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Wazni, Oussama ^a   Liberman, Leonardo ^b   Schweikert, Robert A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Ectopic atrial tachycardia; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41449085909     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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