Noncontact mapping-guided catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Kumagai, Koichiro ^a,b   Nakashima, Hideko ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA SANNO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCONTACT MAPPING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 59449089649     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0700     Document Type: Article

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