Clinical characteristics to guide the extent of ablation in paroxysmal AF patient: Discovering an old science

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 134-137

  Brooks, Anthony G ^a,b   Namboodiri, Narayanan ^a,b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation burden; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 70349553660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09726292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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