Ectopic focus in an accessory left atrial appendage: Radiofrequency ablation of refractory atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Killeen, Ronan P ^a   O'Connor, Stephen A ^a   Keane, David ^a   Dodd, Jonathan D ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; FLECAINIDE; GADOBUTROL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 69549135335     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.855569     Document Type: Article

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