Recurrence of left atrium-pulmonary vein conduction following successful disconnection in asymptomatic patients

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 425-432

  Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b   Camm, A John ^c  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL;

ADULT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344668162     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.04.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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