Efficacy and safety of septal and left-atrial linear ablation for atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Lavergne, Thomas ^a   Hocini, Méléze ^a   Garrigue, Stéphane ^a   Barold, Serge S ^a   Le Métayer, Philippe ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a Hop Cardiologique du Haut Leveque   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 4243262172     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00714-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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