A common inferior pulmonary trunk detected by computed tomography affects atrial fibrillation ablation strategy

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1349-1350

  Pfaffenberger, Stefan ^a   Gwechenberger, Marianne ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^a   Goessinger, Heinz D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMMON INFERIOR PULMONARY TRUNK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249087425     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun242     Document Type: Article

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