Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation: The role of key target sites

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Wang, Xin Hua ^a   Shi, Hai Feng ^a   Sun, Yu Min ^a   Gu, Jia Ning ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Liu, Xu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; STROKE; ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949100939     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum298     Document Type: Article

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