Organized left atrial tachyarrhythmia during stepwise linear ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Zheng, Lihui ^a   Yao, Yan ^a,d   Zhang, Shu ^a   Chen, Wensheng ^a   Zhang, Kuijun ^a   Wang, Fangzheng ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   He, Ding Sheng ^b   Kadish, Alan H ^c  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrial flutter; Noncontact mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349096780     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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