Electroanatomical Mapping of the Esophagus in Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation;Cartografía electroanatómica del esófago en el aislamiento circunferencial de venas pulmonares

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1189-1192

  Arana Rueda, Eduardo ^a   Pedrote, Alonso ^a   Frutos López, Manuel ^a   García Riesco, Lorena ^a   Jiménez Velasco, Adriano ^a   Sánchez Brotons, Juan A ^a   González Cotán, Felisa ^a   Fernández Pérez, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 70349769295     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(09)72389-9     Document Type: Article

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