Five-Year Outcomes After Segmental Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-372

  Sawhney, Navinder ^a   Anousheh, Ramtin ^a   Chen, Wei Chung ^a   Narayan, Sanjiv ^a   Feld, Gregory K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651159162     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.044     Document Type: Article

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