Ablation of atrial fibrillation: Patient selection, techniques, and the results

Herzschrittmachertherapie und Elektrophysiologie

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Arya, Arash ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Sommer, Phillip ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Patient selection; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHRENIC NERVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549106497     PISSN: 09387412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00399-008-0003-8     Document Type: Review

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