Treatment of atrial fibrillation by silencing electrical activity in the posterior inter-pulmonary-vein atrium

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Chen, Jian ^a   Off, Morten Kristian ^a   Solheim, Eivind ^a   Schuster, Peter ^a   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Follow up; Left atrium; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR INTER-PULMONARY-VEIN ATRIUM SILENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SILENCING ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649162561     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun029     Document Type: Article

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