Pulmonary vein isolation by duty-cycled bipolar and unipolar radiofrequency energy with a multielectrode ablation catheter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1635-1642

  Boersma, Lucas V A ^a   Wijffels, Maurits C E F ^a   Oral, Hakan ^b   Wever, Eric F D ^a   Morady, Fred ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59749099384     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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