Complete Right Atrial Ablation With Bipolar Radiofrequency

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1573-1576

  Benussi, Stefano ^a   Galanti, Andrea ^a   Nascimbene, Simona ^a   Fumero, Andrea ^a   Dorigo, Enrica ^a   Zerbi, Valerio ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TECHNIQUE;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGED; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 64649103280     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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