Effect of pulmonary vein isolation on the distribution of complex fractionated electrograms in humans

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Roux, Jean François ^a   Gojraty, Sattar ^a   Bala, Rupa ^a   Liu, Christopher F ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^a   Garcia, Fermin ^a   Lin, David ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Riley, Michael ^a   Marchlinski, Francis ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a  

^a Electrophysiology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ELECTROGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SEX RATIO;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849138460     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.10.046     Document Type: Article

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