Single-catheter technique for pulmonary vein antrum isolation: Is it sufficient to identify and close the residual gaps without a circular mapping catheter?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-279

  Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Long, Deyong ^a   Yu, Ronghui ^a   Tang, Ribo ^a   Lü, Fei ^b   Ma, Changsheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849122590     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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