Atrial tachycardias encountered in the context of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation part II: Mapping and ablation: Review

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-538

  Knecht, Sébastien ^a,b   Veenhuyzen, George ^c   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   JaÏs, Pierre ^a   HaÏssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibillation; Atrial tachycardia; Electrophysiology clinical; Mapping

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; P WAVE; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 63049106966     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02315.x     Document Type: Review

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