Electroanatomic properties of pulmonary vein antral regions enclosed by encircling ablation lesions

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-444

  Schwartzman, David ^a   Williams, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Intra cardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65249116912     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun361     Document Type: Article

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